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LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTI- 
TUTIONS. 



The frontispiece represents the Albany Select 
Family School, for the Education of Young Ladies, 
Patroon Place, Broadway. This Institution was 
opened Ion the 12th of May, inst. The facilities for 
acquiring a thorough and finished education at this 
school cannot be surpassed by any in the tJnion, 
while its physical advantages commend i-t to all who 
study the health of their children. The proprietors 
have an omnibus to convey the pupils to and from the 
school. 

THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. 

Through the enlightened and liberal policy of our 
legislature this institution was put into operation last 
December. The design is to educate teachers for 
our common schools. It is one of the proudest mon- 
uments of the wisdom of our State legislature. The 
school occupies large and capacious rooms at 115 
State-street. The Common Council of our city co- 
operated with the friends of the school and provided 
and fitted up the spacious building they now occupy 
mostly at their own expense. It now numbers 185 
pupils. — David P. Page, Principal. 

State Geological Rooms, corner of State and 
Lodge-streets — (see page 107.) 

Albany Male Academy, fronting Academy Park. 
(See page 34.) 

New- York State Library, in the Capitol. (See 
page 35.) 

Albany Female Academy, North Pearl- street. 
(See page 36.) 

Albany Medical College, Eagle-street. (See 
page 37.) 

Young Men's Association, Exchange. (See 
page 33.) 



3 

MERCANTILE AND BUSINESS DIREC- 
TORY. 

Of the many beautiful stores established the present year, 
we think the Dry- Goods Store fitted up for Messrs. Locks 
& Akbrman, at 100 Broadway, corner of Columbia-street, 
and opened by them, June 2d. stands among the first. 

The Store is 100 feet deep and 3 stories high, the upper 
rooms used for the wholesale business. In the lower Store 
there are three windows front, having each 6 French glass 
plates, each measuring 36 by 58 inches, resting on beautiful 
marble slabs. The entrance is six feet wide and six deep, 
with plate glass on each, and surmounted with carved mar- 
ble pedestals and caps. In the Store are 12 mahogany tables, 
with beautiful Italian marble tops, 11 feet long and 2 feet 10 
inches wide, the largest of the kind we believe that were 
ever brought to this country. The arrangement of the 
shelves is entirely new being in sections with pilasters and 
carved capitals at each end. There are marble pier tables 
before the windows and on each side of the mirror, which 
is an immense plate extending from the floor to the ceiling- 
By day the Store is lighted by two large sky lights, and in 
evening by nine two light gilt chandeliers, made expressly 
for them, and capable of being altered for gas as soon as 
the company are ready to furnish it. Our limits prevent a 
a more extended notice. But for elegance and chasteness 
of design, and the exquisite keeping of all, it stands an 
ornament to our «ity and unrivalled in the country. The 
Store is owned and fitted up by Dr. Wendell, who de- 
serves much credit for adding such an ornamental improve- 
ment to our city. Of Messrs. L. & A. we need say nothing, 
as their rich stock of goods and large and constantly increas- 
ing circle of customers, speak more for their enterprise, taste, 
and success, than any thing we can add. But no one should 
leave our city without first visiting their establishment. 



Kewland & Wheeler's Great Musical Wareroom, 




63 BROADWAY, where every desirable ariiele 'im 
the Musical line can be had at the lowest prices- 



I 
SMITH, CARY & MOSELEY, 

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN 

DRY GOODS 

NO. 31 BROADWAY, 

ALBANY. 



Wm. Smith, (late Woodburn Smith & Co. ) 
I. H. Cary, (late with R. H. King & Co. > 

B. F, MOSELEY, ) 

Take this method of advising the public that they 
have made such arrangements for the Spring Trade , 
as will enable them to present greater inducements 
than ever to those who visit this market. It is their 
intention and determination to have their assortment 
complete in every respect, and to be constantly sup- 
plied with the Newest and most fashionable 
Goods to be found in the Market. 

A very large assortment of BROAD CLOTHS, 
CASSIMERES, SATINETS, KENTUCKY JEANS, 
VESTINGS, PADDING, CANVASS, SILESIAS, 
&c, &c. 

We shall also receive regularly from the Boston 
Market all the most favorably known styles of Brown 
Sheetings and Drills, Bleached Cottons, Ticks, Sum- 
mer Stuffs, Prints, &c, &c. 

SMITH, CARY & MOSELEY. 



M. S. WADLEY & CO. 



HEALERS tS 



TEAS, WINES, FOREIGN FRUITS, 

NUTS, HAVANA SEGARS, OILS, &C, 

NO. 70 MARKET- STREET",. 
ALBANY. 



M. S. W. & Co. have removed their stock of Groceries 
to store No. 70 Market-street, a few doors south of the Town 
send House, where they intend to keep a general Assortment 
of Goods in the above line, which they will offer to the public 
at the lowest market prices. 
M. S. WADLEY, D. T# FULLER. 



WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 

GROCERY STORE, 

NO. 61 QUAY-ST., ALBANY. 

NoTTTINGHAM WlLKIE & Co. 

J. Brooks, Jr., 

1845. HEW-YORK AND ERE USE. 1845. 

A Boat leaves Albany and Buffalo daily. 

PROPRIETORS. 
Wilkie, Parsons & Co., Buffalo. 
T. A. Jerome, New- York. 
R. Ferrin, Palmyra. 
Nottingham "Wilkie & Co., Albany. 
Forwarding and Commission Merchants on the Erie 
Canal and Western Lakes. 
Liberal advances made on all property for sale, or 
destined to an Eastern Market. 

JENKS & INGALLS, 

MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN 

PAPER HANGINGS. 



FIRE BOARD PRINTS, &C, 

Also manufacturers of Straw Board, which they 
will sell as low as can be bought at any other estab- 
lishment in the city or elsewhere. 

Rags taken from Country Merchants in exchange 
for Paper Hangings, Writing Paper, Wrapping Pa. 
per, &c. 

NO. 14 GREEN STREET, ALBANY. 




WHOLESALE DEALERS IN 

GROCERIES; 

NO. 132 AND 134 MARKET-ST., ALBANY. 



WAIT 1 VMM, 

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN 

GROCERIES, 

NOS. 132 AND 134 MAEKET- STREET, 



Offer for sale a large and very general assortment 
of Goods, comprising 

Teas, Sugars, Coffee, Molasses, Foreign 
Fruits, Oils, Havana Segars, &c, 

In quantities to suit purchasers, at prices as low, 
and on terms as favorable as can be purchased in 
New- York. 

All orders promptly attended to, and goods for- 
warded to any part of the country, at the earliest 
opportunity. 



10 




NEW LINE 



IRON STEAM PROPELLERS 

BETWEEN 

ALBANY AND PHILADELPHIA, 



And points on the Delaware and Raritan Canal. via New-Bruns- 
wick, Bound Brook, Princeton and Trenton, N.- J. 

The above Line is now in operation and will continue 
throughout the season running with regularity and quick 
despatch. 

One of the Steamers will leave Albany twice every week, 
and run through in about 50 hours. 

Freight for Baltimore Md., will be taken through at low 
rates. 

Merchants and others will find it to their decided advan- 
tage in shipping by this route, as it is the cheapest and 
most desirable mode of importation (between the two cities) 
ever offered to the public. 

Freight received at all times at the Warehouse, No. 78 
Pier, below Columbia-street, and no charge for storage. 
Apply to S. FLANAGHAN, Agent, 

78 Pier, below Columbia-street, Albany. 



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SCHUYLER & BRAINERD'S, 

OLD LINE TOW-BOATS, 

BETWEEN 

ALBANY AND NEW-YORK. 




The proprietors of the above Line, will have a 
Barge leave Albany and New- York daily as fol- 
lows. 

Albany at 10 o'clock A. M. 
New- York « 5 " P. M. 
N. B. Storage, Commission and Forwarding to 
all parts of the Union. 
For freight or passage apply to 

SCHUYLER & BRAINEED, 

29£ Quay-street, 

Albany. 
B. C. BRAINERD, 
7 South-street, 
New- York, 



32 

1845, GLOBE LINE. 1845. 



EACH CARGO INSURED. 

For freight or passage apply to 

SAM'L T. ARMSTRONG, 101 Broad St., N. Y, 

H. H. TREAT, 31 Quay-street, Albany. 

Mark packages " Globe Line." 

MW-YORK AID OSWIGO LIII Of LAO BOATS, 

DAILY FROM NEW- YORK AND OSWEGO, 

First class Steamers and other vessels upon the Lakes 
and River St. Lawrence. 
Brewster, Comstock, &, Co. Oswego, with others, 
Proprietors. 

S.T. Armstrong, 101 Broad-st., near Pearl, N.Y., 
J. Gilbert. 30 Quay-street, on the dock, Albany, 

Agents. 

1845. Oswego Transportation Line. 1845. 
LAKE BOATS, 

BY STEAM ON THE LAKES. 

Proprietors. 
H. C. Wright & Co., Oswego. 
D. K. Neal, & Co., Albany. 

•Agents. 
S. H. Wright, 23 Water-street, cor. of Broad, N.Y. 

C. L. Ware, 16 Long Wharf, Boston. 

D. K. Neal, 30 Quay-st., Albany. 
H. C. Wright, & Co., Oswego. 



11 



S. F. PHELPS, 



WHOLESALE DEALER IN 



FRENCH AND ENGLISH 

PAINTS, GILS, 

- varnish, brushes, 

WINDOW AND APOTHECARIES 

GLASSWARE, &C, &C. 

WHOLESALE AGENCY FOR 

MRRICK'S STANDARD FAMILY MEDICINES, 

And General Depot for ali popular 

Patent Medicines of the Day, 

53 STATE-STREET. 

ALBANY, 



u 



H. P. PULLING, 




WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 

DRUGS, MEDICINES, DYE-WOODS, 
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS-WARE, 

Also General Agent for Dr. Buchan's 

HUNGARIAN BALSAM OF LIFE, 

The Great English Remedy for Consumption. 

No. 76 Market, Corner Division-streets. 

ALBANY. 

D. K. NEAL, 
Commission Merchant and General Agent, 

OFFICE and stores 
NO* 30 QUAY-STREET, 

ALBANY. 



15 

HOAG & SPAWN, 

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN 

DRY GOODS, 

Cassimerep, Sattinets, and Yestings, 

TAILOR'S TRIMMINGS, 

HOSIERY AND GLOVES, 

PRINTS, DELAINES, AND ALPACAS, 

Bleached and Brown Sheeting, 

SILK AND DE LA1NE SHAWLS. 
CRAVATS, SCARFS, &C, &C. 

99 MARKET-STREET, 

ALBANY 

David R.Hoag. Peteb Spawn. 



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EMPORIUM, 

UMBRELLAS, CANES, &C. 



ALBANY EXCHANGE. 



ABEAM KOQNZ,. 
CARPET AND COVERLET 

FABT0E¥ g 

No. 43 Grand, Corner of Hamilton- street. 
ALBANY. 



Carpets and Coverlets manufactured to order, and 
also constantly on hand for sale, wholesale and re- 
tail. 

Our citizens and Merchants will find at this es- 
tablishment Carpets and other articles of a quality 
equal to the imported and at low prices, as the pro- 
prietor is able to compete successfully with foreign 
manufactures. 



17 

JOHN T. CREW, 

Offers to sell at wholesale only, a continued fresh 
assortment of Gold Curb Chains, Odd Fellows Pins } 
a new pattern, and Gold Pens of the various makers, 
with Gold and silver holders. Also a splendid lot 
of Gold pencils and Jewelry of the latest fashions, 
from New- York and Philadelphia ; with a full as- 
sortment of fresh imported Watch Makers' Tools 
and materials, and Glasses suitable for the trade, the 
whole combining as rich and complete an assort- 
ment as can be found in any establishment in the 
State of New- York. His Jewelry Manufactory is 
in full operation. Asent for Benedict and Barney's 
Gold Pens.- Apply at 40 State-street, up stairs. 

JOHNSON & GODLEY, 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

SILVER SrOOSS, FORKS, BUTTER KNIVES, «.,- 

128 STATE-STREET, 

ALBANY. 

[2 Doors from State Geological Rooms,] 
S. H. Johnson: R. Godley, 

Western Merchants will find at this Manufactory 
all articles in the above line, at wholesale only, on 
as good terms as in New- York. 

GEORGE D. SANDFORD, 

Mf, ®Jkw« M.wm wmwwm 

NO. 63 MARKET-STREET, 
2 



18 

HALL, HEWSON & MERRIFIELD, 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

SHIWH2R WME, 

NO. 10 PLAIN-STREET, 
Second Street South of Clinton. Hotel, 
ALBANY. 
G. Hall, ) 

J. D. Hewson 3 > 
V. S. Merrifield, > 

Shop keepers supplied on reasonable terms. 

JAMES BURTON, 

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 

LOOKING GLASS STORE 

NO. 3 GREEN-STREET. 

ALBANY, 

JOHN MC'KENNAnT" 

"WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 

LOOKING GLASS AND PICTURE FBAfflE 

No. 27 Greeen-street, three Doors South of Beaver, 
ALBANY, N. Y. 

Prints Strained and Mounted, and all orders in the 
line executed with neatness and despatch, on reason- 
able terms. 

N. B. Orders from the Country punctually attend- 
ed to. 



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19 

ALBANY BRUSH FACTORY. 



JOHN B. .ARMOUR, 

[Late Brinkerhoff and Armour,] 

AVHOLESALE AND RETAIL 



NO. 1$ GREEN-STREET, 
ALBANY, 

Keeps Constantly on hand a large assortment of 
Brushes of every description. Also Machine Brush- 
es made to order. 

~~J. H. SHEAR, 

NO. 17 AND 19 GREEN-STREET, 
(Corner of Beaver,) 

ALBANY. 

MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN 

COOKING, PARLOR, AIR-TIGHT, 

PARLOR-DUMB SIX PLATE, AND OTHER 

STOVES. 

Also, Sheet-iron, Tin-plate, Copper, Zinc, Wire, 



20 

M. & S. PATTEN, 

NO. 10 MAIDEN LANE, 
Near the Boston Ferry and Western R. R. Depot, 

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN 

Groceries, Flour, and Provisions, 

COAKSE AND FINE SALT, 

Families supplied with choice articles in the above 
line 10 per cent lower than any house in the city. 

1845. JOHN ALLEN'S 1845. 

©mints « mum* 



JOHN ALLEN, Proprietor, Exchange-st., Rochester, 



AGENTS. 



D. P. Parker. ) 19 South . stre et, New-York. 
Hugh Allen, $ 

Robert Allen, 72 Quay, cor. Division-st., } ^n, anY 
Savage & Benedict, 117 Pier. ) *' 

George Davis, J Reed , g Wharf Boston. 
John Allen, Jr., ^ 

Mark Packages .' l John Allen's Clinton Line," and 
by Eckford Line of Tow-Boats, which leave Pier 4, 
foot of Broad-street, daily, at 5 P. M. 



21 

WOODBURN & DEY ERMANJ) 

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN 

Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, 

NO. 35 AND 37 STATE-ST., 

ALBANY. 

Lewis Woodburn. Wm. G. Dey Ermand, 

CABINET AND UPHOLSTERY 

WARE HOUSE AND MANUFACTORY. 

15 NORTH PEARL-STREET. 



The subscriber keeps constantly on hand a large 
and general assortment of fashionable furniture, and 
makes to order. Also Upholstery in all its branches,, 
Curtains and Trimmings, for Windows, Cornices. 
Matresses, Beds, and Feathers, Curl Hair, &c. &c. 

JOHN WINNE. 



COACH LACE MANUFACTORY, 

ABD COACH TRIMMHGS GENERALLY, 

Also, CAP FRONTS, AND STRAPS, with a 
general assortment of Silk and Worsted Trimmings,, 
comprising 

GIMPS, FRINGES, AND TASSELS. 

The above articles made to match any color at 32 
Hudson-street, 5 doors west of Market-street. 

A. PIERCE 



22 
BRIARE'S ICE CREAM SALOONS, 

AND 

ORNAMENTAL CONFECTIONARY, 

39 North Pearl- st, (opposite theFemale Academy,) 
And Broadway, (in the Delavan House.) 



Wedding Parties and Fairs, supplied with Ice 
Creams, Fruits and Sherbet Jces, Bride's Cakes,. 
Bombe Glacie, Charlotte Russe, Jellies, Pyramids^ 
Temples, Pastry, Cakes, Confectionary, French Bon 
Bons, Mottoes, &c, &c. 

In the Cooking Department French and Ameri- 
can dishes of all kinds. 

The entire chargb of Dinner or Supper Parties 
taken it required. J. & B. BRIARE. 

Albany May 30th, 1845. 



VANVALKENBURGH & FROST, 

(Successors to J. Hochstrasser,) 

MANUFACTURERS of 
Harness, Bridle, Skirting, Valise, Trunk, Band, String, and 

PATEHT LEATHER, 

— ALSO — 

HOLLER, PICKER, AND RUSSET LEATHER. 

OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. 

Have constantly on hand, a general assortment of 
LEATHER AND FINDINGS, 

For Carriage, Harness and Shoemakers. 
At Wholesale or Retail, 
NO. 18 HUDSON ST. ALBANY. 

Cash paid for Hides and Skins, and Leather in rough 
and finished. 



23 

R. M. VAN SICKLER & CO. 

COMMISSION MERCHANTS\ 

FOR THE SALE OF 

Satinet Warp, Chandlers' Wick, Manufacturers 7 Articles 

Machine Cards, Glue, Glass, Paper, &c , 

NO. 12 MAIDEN LANE, 

ALBANY. 

R. M. Van Sickler, Sam'l Hanna 

Manufacturers of Satinet Warp and Chandler's Wick. 



JOHN HOGAN, 

FASHIONABLE 

HAT AND CAP STORE, 

NO. 8 MARKET-STREET, 
[4 doors from State-st.] 

A general assortment of Hats and Caps constantly 
on hand. Hats and Caps made to order on short 
notice. 

CARMICHAEL & SPENCER, 

IMPORTERS OF 

HARDWARE, CUTLERY, &€, 

ALSO DEALERS IN 

AMERICAN HARDWARE, 

46 STATE-STREET. 



24 

To the Citizens of Albany, Troy 5 and vi. 
cinity, and the Public, 

J. & F. W. RIDGWAY, 

PLUMBERS AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEERS, 

Late 145 Broadway, New -York, hav ng done considerable 
work in Albany and Troy, are induced to open their estab- 
ishment in the building formarly occupied as the Mo- 
hawk and Hudson R. R. Depot, 115 State-street, Albany, 
where they are prepared to execute all orders they 
may be favored with in their line of business. Hot 
and cold water Bathing Apparatus, Water Clo- 
sets, Pumps of all descriptions, made and fixed on the 
most approved principle. 

N. B. Agents for Pierce's Kitchen Ranges. 

Lead and Iron Pipe constantly on hand. 



References in Albany. 

M. T. Reynolds, Esq., 

James Stevenson, 

J. L. Rathbone, Esq., 

References in Troy. 

Benjamin Marshall, Esq., 
General Wool. 



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GEORGE HARRIS' 

LIVERY STABLE, 




CORNER OF 

MAIDEN LANE AND JAMES-STREET, 

ALBANY, 

Carriages of every description, with the best of 
drivers, furnished at a moment's warning at reasona- 
ble charges. 

jMso, Good Saddle Horses. 






LYMAN J. LLOYD, 
SADDLE, HARNESS, AND TRUNK MAKE 

NO, 80 MARKETSTREET, 



26 

HOTELS. 



PRINCIPAL HOTELS IN THE CITY OP ALBANY WITH 
THEIR LOCATION. 

Described at Page. 

American, State-street, 87 

Congress Hall, fronting the Capitol Park, 

Washington- street, . . . 84 

City Hotel, Broadway, , 82 

Delavan Hotel, Broadway, 78-79 

Eagle Tavern, Market- street, 85 

Franklin House, State-street, 90 

Mansion House, Broadway, 80 

Stanwix Hall, Corner Broadway and Maiden 

Lane, 88 

Columbian Hotel, Market-street, 

Carlton House, State- street, 113 

"Western Hotel, on the Pier, foot of Hamilton-street 
United States House, Market-street. 
Gallup's U. S. H. tel, Washington-street. 
Townsend House, Market- street. 
Clinton Hotel, S. Pearl-street. 

RAPP'S HIGHLY CELEBRATED 

SODA WATER, I GLASS BOTTLES, 

No. Ill Market- st., Albany, and 95 3d Avenue, 
New- York. 

Hotels, Saloons, private families, &c, supplied by 
sending their orders to the Manufactory. 

A. W. RAPP, 
No. Ill Market-street. 
N B. This article is manufactured pure, and su- 
perior to anything of the kind heretofore offered to. 
the public 



. 



27 
TRAVELLER'S DIRECTORY. 




GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD. 

Travellers going to Saratoga Springs, Canada, 
Lake George, Niagara, or Buffalo, should take 
the Great Western Railroad. 

Railroad tickets procured at the Mohawk and Hud- 
son Railroad Office, Maiden Lane, opposite the Bos- 
ton Railroad Office. 

i Baggage Wagons will be ready on the arrival of 
the Cars and Steamboats to carry Baggage to and 
from the Railroad and Steamboats free of expense, 

The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad is now cae of 
the best in the country, having been rebuilt the past 
season, and is in every respect in first rate condi- 
tion. Travellers taking this route, will not be sub, 
jected to the inconvenience of the change of cars at 
Schenectady ; and their baggage can be placed in 
the baggage car at Albany for their places of desti- 
nation. (Seepage 93, 94.) 

Tickets procured at the Boston Railroad Office for 
Boston and intermediate places. 

people's line of steamboats. 
Evening Line. 
Knickerbocker, Captain A. Houghton. 
Rochester, " R. G. Cruttenden. 

Day Line. 
South America, Captain Truesdell. 
For a more particular description of the People's 
Line of Steamboats see page 95. 



2S ROUTES OF TRAVEL. 

Express Line. 
Express, Captain Hitchcock. 
Kip Van Winkle, '• Abell, (day boat.) 

Albany Line. — The Belle, Captain Riggs. 

During the course of the season, we shall have not 
only the finest steamers, but the finest fleet of steam- 
ers in the United States. 

To the day line is soon to be added the Niagara, 
the Rip Van Winkle, and the South America, The 
Niagara, Capt St. John's new boat, will come out 
about the 1st of July, and will probably run in con- 
nexion with the Knickerbocker, justly the pride of 
the River. The St. Nicholas will cemmence running 
about the 1st of August, a spacious and magnificent 
boat, giving the traveller no mean idea of the patron 
saint of of the Hudson. The Hendrick Hudson, a 
boat larger than any yet afloat, and with a speed so 
remarkable that no traveller will be apt to forget the 
first discoverer of our nob'e river. 



ROUTES OF TRAVEL. 

The great competition on the various routes of 
travel this. year, has had the effect to reduce the fare 
to very ruinous prices to the proprietors. We shall 
mention the principal lines of travel from the city, 
and first the route to the Springs and Canada. There 
are three routes to Canada. One by Whitehall, an- 
other by Niagara Falls, and a third, and by far the 
most desirabte route by Saratoga Springs and Lake 
George. It will be highly gratifying to the tourist to 
learn tbat a beautiful Steamboat has the present sea- 
son been constructed and put on Saratoga Lake, by 
which the sportsman and the fisherman can indulge 
in these agreeable diversions, and thus by providing 
rural pleasures with the favorite amusements, the 
beauties of this beautiful sheet of water will be duly 
displayed for the public giatification. It will render 
£his spot a resort for eveiy visitor to the springs. 



ROUTE TO LAKE GEORGE- 29 

The next object of interest is Glens' Falls, where 
the Hudson is precipitated over an immense preci- 
pice. Nine miles from this place is Lake George, 
which has now assumed -its original Indian name, 
(Lake Horicon.) It v. as first called Lake St. Sacra- 
ment, when in possession of the French, as the trans- 
parency of the waters induced the Catholics to use it 
for " holy water " There are a vast number of 
small islands in the lake, many of which are pictur. 
esque in a high degree. One of them, (Diamond 
Island ) contains beautiful quartz chrystals, resem- 
bling in their purity diamonds of the first water. 
Travellers uniformly bear testimony to the tranquil 
beauty and sylvan scenery which characterize this 
beautiful spot. Nature here assumes her most charm- 
ing and alluring aspect, to gratify and astonish her 
admirers. In somephices the scenery is of the soft- 
est and most agreeable kind, consisting of finely slop- 
ing banks, ornamented with foliage of every hue. 
The waters of tne lake are elevated 240 feet above 
the ocean. It abounds with the salmon, trout, pike, 
pickerel, perch, silver and lake trout. 

The whole route through to Canada, including 
Lake Champlain Lake Horicon, or George, by 
which name it is more generally known, has been 
distinguished in American history from the days of 
the unfortunate Montcalm, who unable to control 
savage ferocity, was forced to witness the cold-blooded 
butchery of poor Monroe, at Fort William Henry, 
a few rods from the Lake House, and commanding a 
beautiful prospect, of this lovely lake. The ruins of 
this fort are still to be seen. Along the whole of the 
diftf rent lines of travel every exertion has been made 
for the accommoda ion of the public, and the Hotels 
are w-»ll kept, not forgetting to notice the LakeHouse, 
at CaUwell, kept by Mr. Sherrill. 

This house is beautifully situtated in the centre of 
the village, and near the margin of Lake George, from 
which it is separated by a sloping lawn. It is large 



30 ROUTE TO TICONDEROGA, 

and commodious. Its bed rooms are exceedingly 
neat, and its table well furnished, and bountifully 
supplied with trout and other fine fish, with which 
the lake abounds, taken directly from its transpa- 
rent waters. The traveller will find no more delight- 
ful spot on the northern route for a few days repose 
and refreshment. Boats are always at command 
for excursions to the points of historical interest, 
or the amusement of fishing. There is a beautiful 
little steamboat which passes through this lake, 
during the season of travel ; distance 30 miles. 
The wild scenery — the pellucid waters — the verdant 
and sloping woodlands, transcend all the powers of 
romance to describe. At the outlet you see the re- 
nowned Ticonderoga, which the brave Col. Allen 
captured from our haughty British foes, without the 
loss of a man, " in the name of the Great Jehovah 
and the Continental Congress/' (1776.) 

The little band of invincibles that effected this im- 
portant enterprise, consisted of only ninety undisci- 
plined troops. The formidable force of Gen. Aber- 
crombie, amounting to about 16,000 men had been 
signally repulsed with a loss of 2,000 veteran troops, 
consisting of the flower of the British army. This 
was in 1758 when the French held possession of the 
fort. For a full and graphic account of this enter- 
prise the reader is referred to Col. ¥m. L. Stone's 
description of the " expedition against Ticonderoga, 
under General Abercrombie." The walls of this 
fort are still standing. It was a very commanding 
position. The two lofty mountains bearing the names 
of Defiance and Independence, are features alike con- 
spicuous and striking. A little farther down the 
lake, you pass Fort Crown Point. 

There has been a day boat put on Lake Cham- 
plain, by which travellers go through by day-light, 
so that they can have an opportunity of seeing the 
beautiful and romantic scenery of that lake. You 
pass a number of beautiful villages in sailing dowr. 



ROUTE TO MONTREAL. 31 

this lake till you arrive at St. Johrs, the extremity 
of steamboat navigation. From thence you pass 
over to Laprarie, 16 miles, by railroad. From 
Thence to Montreal, 9 miles by steamboat. Montreal 
presents a beautiful apearance from Laprarie, its 
tinned roofs dazzling in the sun, is in the highest de- 
gree a brilliant scene. Every thing assumes a differ- 
ent aspect as soon as you enter Canada. The Habi- 
tans appear to wear a countenance of happy content- 
ment which brings forcibly to mind the words of the 
poet, 

" If ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise." 
There are many substantial edifices and private resi- 
dences in this city. The Roman Catholic Cathedral, 
opened in 1829, is superior to any other church in 
British America. It is of Gothic Architecture, 255^ 
feet in length, and 134^ in breadth, and capable of 
accommodating 12,000 persons. The Montreal Ge- 
neral Hospital, built by voluntary subscription is a 
large and well built edifice, and one of the best regu- 
lated institutions of the kind in America. A spacious 
conventual structure, the Hotel Lieu, occupied by a 
superior and thirty-six nuns, is appropriated to the 
receptiou of the sick and indigent. The Convent of 
the Grey Sisters, partly as an asylum for the aged 
and infirm, the infants and foundlings, &c. The 
Court House and Prison are substantial buildings, 
occupying the site of the former College of the Jesuits. 
The Government House, Bank, Barracks, Ordinance 
Office, and four Market Houses. 

Fronting the Government House is a collossal sta- 
tute of Lord Nelson, p'aced on a Doric column,, the 
pedestal of which has bas reliefs representing the 
great martial exploits of this renowned military hero. 

The position of Montreal at trie head of ship navi- 
gation, and near the confluence of the Ottawa, as well 
as its situation with respect to the United States, 
necessarily make it one of the greatest emporiums of 
(America. Distance from Quebec 180 miles. 



32 ROUTE TO QUEBEC 

The first view of Quebec is striking in the extreme, 
and travellers speak in high terms of the magnificent 
prospect from the citadel of Capr Diamond which is 
upwards of 300 feet above the St. Lawrence. This 
city is rendered immortal in military renown by the 
victory obtained by the British under Gen. Wolf, over 
the French under Montcalm, in 1759, by which the 
city with all the territory of Canada surrendered to 
the British crown. A splendid monument was erec- 
ed under the patronage of Lord Dalhousie, in the 
gardens of the chateau, inscribed to the "immortal 
memory of Wo f and Montcalm." 

There are many objects of intense interest to the 
traveller, in thiscitv ami its environs. The Govern, 
ment Armory, the great display of the military, the 
parades of which take place dnily. on the great plain 
within the ramparts. The Plains of Abraham stretch- 
ing off in an immense distance West ot the city, 
through avenues well lined with fine buildings. The 
Falls, of Montmorenci, nine miles below the city is 
a beautiful and lovely scene. The Indian village of 
Lorette will well repay a visit nine miles from the 
city. 

Quebec is divided into the " Upper" and " Lower" 
towns. The ascent to the Upper town is uncommon- 
ly steep ; yet, the habUans in their calashes and car- 
Holes dart down wilh lightning speed. Many a poor 
cur may be seen toHng in harness, and dragging a ve- 
hicle heavily laden up this weary hill. 

There is a more expeditious route to Canada by 
way of the Chamnlain Canal and Whitehall. Tour- 
ists should go one route and return the other, as 
there are many matters of interest connected with 
American history, on the route, by way of White- 
hall. At Stillwater, the brave and lamented Gen. 
Frazer fell and a short time after the whole British 
army under Burgoyne, amounting to upwards of 
7000 men were compelled to lay down their arms, 
near Schuylerville. This was humiliating in the ex. 



KOUTE TO NIAGARA. 33 

| treme to that proud and well disciplined army to be 
j obliged to yield to the untutored Yankees. 

The route by Niagara Falls is likewise taken b; 
I some tourists. This route affords an opportunity o 
visiting this sublime and majestic cataract, the won- 
der of the world , as well as Brock's monument at 
Queenston. This latter route through the Western 
part of the State of New- York, passes through one of 
the most highly cnltivated and fertile countries in the 
world, 

TABLE OF DISTANCES FROM ALBANY TO 
QUEBEC. 
Via Saratoga, Lake George, Champlain, and Mon- 
treal. 

Saratoga, 37 

Glenn's Falls,. 16—53 

Caldwell, 9—62 

Ticonderoga, 37—99 

Crownpoint, 14-1 13 

Wsstport, 11-114 

Essex, 11-135 

Port Kent, 18-153 

Plattsburgh, 18-171 

Rouse's Point, 20-201 

St. Johns, 22-223 

Laprairie 16-238 

Montreal, 9-248 

Quebec, ... 180-428 

Whitehall 72 

Niagara Falls, « 346 



TABLE OF DISTANCES, 

ON THE HUDSON -RIVE 



NAMES. 



New- York, . . . 
Bull's Ferry, N.J. 
Manhattanville, . . . 

Fort Lee, N.J 

Spuyten Duyvel cr 

Yonkers, 

Hastings, 

Dobb's Ferry, 

Piermont, 

Tarrytown, , 

Sing-Sing, 

Verplank's Point,.. 
Caldwell's, .... 

W estpoint, 

Ct Id Spring, 

Cornwall, 

n-ewburgh, 

Ne w-Hamburgh, . 

M LTON, 

PoUGHKEEPSIE, . . . 

Hyde Park, 

Pelham, 

Rhinebeck, 

Lower Redhook,.. 
Upper Redhook, . 

Saugerties, 

Bristol, 

Catskill, 

Hudson, 

Coxsackie, 

KlNDERHOOK LDG. 

New-Baltimore, . 

coeymans, 

Castleton, 

Albany, 

I Troy, 





o ra 


*z 


^ 





145 


6 


39 


8 


137 


10 


135 


13 


132 


17 


128 


20 


125 


22 


123 


24 


121 


27 


118 


33 


112 


40 


105 


44 


101 


52 


93 


54 


91 


57 


88 


61 


84 


67 


78 


70 


75 


74 


71 


80 


65 


84 


61 


90 


55 


97 


48 


100 


45 


101 


44 


102 


43 


111 


34 


116 


29 


124 


21 


127 


18 


131 


14 


133 


12 


137 


8 


145 





151 


6 



1845. 

ALBANY CITY GUIDE : 

BEING A 

GENERAL DESCRIPTION 

OF THE 

PUBLIC BUILDINGS, LITERARY, SCIENTI- 
FIC, BENEVOLENT, CHARITABLE, AND 
BUSINESS INSTITUTIONS, 

"of the capital op the 

EMPIRE STATE: 

ALSO THE 

TRAVELLER'S DIRECTORY. 




COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY 

S. WILSON, 



ALBANY, 

2 8 45. 






1 



D. A. HERRICK & CO., 

NO. 8 DELAVAN HOUSE, 

BROADWAY, ALBANY, N. Y. 

GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE, 

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 

Would invite the attention of purchasers to their 
splendid assortment of Scarfs, Stocks, Cravats 
Opera ties, Gloves, Hosiery, Shirts, Bosoms, 
Collars, Suspenders, Under garments, Umbrel- 
las, Silk, and Linen Hkf's, Oiled Sil^s, &c, 
&c. 

D. A. H. & Co.'s stock comprises all tnat is new 
or desirable in their line, for city or country trade. 
The latest and richest styles and importations will at 
all times be received from one of the firm permanent, 
ly .residing in New- York. Their Stocks, Shirts, &c, 
are manufactured under their own immediate mspec 
tion, and are warranted as good, if not superior, to 
any offered in the New- York or any other market, 
and at as low prices. 

Shirts, Stocks, Opera ties, Collars, &c, made to 
order, in the best and most fashionable styles. 

N. B. — Merchants from the country, and others, 
are invited to call and examine their assortment. 



CONTENTS. 

Page. 

Common Council, city, and State officers, 

Description of Albany, 9 

List of Mayors and Recorders from the granting of the 

Charter to the present time, »••• 2» 

Streets, lanes, alleys, &c, 24 

Public BuildIngs, 

The Capitol, 28 

New State Hall, - • 29 

City Hall, * ••* 31 

Exchange, « 32 

Literary Institutions, •• 

New-York State Library, 35 

Albany Female Academy, 36 

Albany Medical College, 37 

Benevolent Institutions, 39 

Churches in the city with their location and a list of the 

pastors. • 43 

List of the clergy with their residences, 44 

New-York State Temperance Society, • • » 45 

Banks in Albany, with their Presidents and cashiers, ••• • 5p 

Directors, Clerks, &c, ............. 47 

Insurance Companies, 50 

Military, 51 

Practicing attorneys, &c, with their offices, ••• • 52 

Practicing Physicians, with their offices, 54 

Manufactories. 

Fur and Cap Manufactory, Prentice, Finn <fc Co., 55 

do. do. G. C. Treadwell, 57 

do. do. Taaffefc Gough, 67 

Coach Manufactory, (Messrs. Gould & Co..) 5S 

Albany Steam Planing, Plaster Mill and Plane Factory, 60 

Foundries, 63 

Ransom & Rathbone's Stove Foundry, 63 

Jugger, Treadwell and Perry's Fonndry, • 64 

Townsend's Furnace and Machine Shop, •• 65 

Hudson River Foundry, Steam Engine and Machine Shop, 67 

Albany Linseed Oil Manufactory, 67 

Daniel True, Die Sinker and Engraver, 6S 

R. C. Russell's Dy e-Wood and Drug Mill, 68 

Cap, Muff, Glove and Robe Manufactory, 69 

Tivoli Factory, 70 

Brick Making in Albany, ................. 71 



Coach Lace Manufacture, 72 

Albany Piano Forte Manufactory. 74 

Leatner Manufactory, ■•••• 76 

Albany Paper Hanging Manufactory, • 76 

Albany Type Manufactory, 77 

Hotels. 

New Delavan Hotel, ■►• 79 

Mansion House, - 70 

City Hotel, * 80 

Congress Hall, 84 

Eagle Tavern, 85 

Bement's American Hotel, 87 

StanwixHall, 83 

Franklin House * 90 

*GlobeHotel, •' 81 

Carlton House, ■•• 113 

To travellers, >•• 92 

Railroads, &c. ■ 93 

Distances to Buffalo and intermedials places, 94 

Steamboats, 95 

Principal Stage routes from Albany, 95 

Albany Post-office, • 97 

Arrivals and departures of mails at the Albany Post-office, 99 
Variety Storks. 

Pease's Varie y Store, • 99 

Van Schaack's Mammoth Variety Store, 101 

Wilson's Nursery, * 102 

Albany Museum, ; 103 

Newspapers published in Albany, • » 104 

Trade and Commerce, • 105 

New-York State Geological Collection, • 107 

New-York State Agricultural Society, 108 

Retrospect, • 109 

First Methodist Episcopal Church, 113 

* The Globe Hotel is discontinued. 



Errata.— Page 29, mistake in locating New State Hall. It 
is situated between Pine and Stenben-streets. Page 63,11th 
line, for are read was. 



CITY OFFFICERS. 

Common Council- 
Mayor.— JOHN KEYES YMGE. 
-Recorder— WILLIAM PARMELEE. 

ALDERMEN. 

First Ward.— Homer R. Phelps, Patrick B Rooney. 

Seeond Ward — Benjamin Thomas, Samuel Westcott. 

Third Waid.— Gerrit V. S Beecker, Henry B Haswell. 

Fourth, Ward. — John D Hew son. James Goold. 

Fifth Ward.— Jacob H. Ten Kyck, Robert H. Pruyn. 

Sixth Ward. — John A. Liringston, Robert McCoIlum. 
- Seventh Ward —Timothy Spears,' Stephen V R Ableman. 

Eighth Ward.— John McKnight, David D. Ramsey. 

Ninth Ward. — Thomas Coulson Jr , Eli Perry. 

Tenth Ward. — Miciael Ancher, Philander Coley. 
Standing Committees. 

Academies and Schools. — Messrs. Livingston, Thomas, Ten 
Eyck. 

Accounts — Messrs. Coulson, Phelps, Artcher. 

Applications to the Legislature. — Messrs. Livingston, Spears, 
Haswell. 

Alms House— Messrs. Bleecker, Perry, Hewson. 

Board of Health —The Mayor, Recorder, Messrs. Perry, 
Coley, Goold 

Board of Magistrates. — The Recorder, Messrs. Bleecker, 
Perry, Westcott, Coley, Livingston. 

City Hall.— The Mayor, Recorder, Messrs. Ten Eyck, 
Phe.ps, Ramsey, Artcher, Coulson 

Engines —Messrs. Haswell, McKnight, Hewson. 

Ferry— Messrs. Bleecker, Rooney, Artcher. 

Finance. — Messrs. Goold, McKnight, Hewson. 

Flagging and Paving, N. D. — Messrs. Mc Collum, Spears, 
Coulson. 

Flagging and Paving, S. D. — Messrs. Artcher, Rooney, 
Coley. 

Lamps — Messrs. McCollum, Ramsey Coley. 

Land.— Messrs. Ten Eyck, Phelps, Livingston,. 

Law. — The Recorder, Messrs. Westcott, Pruyn. 

Levels. — Messrs. Pruyn, Ableman Bleecker. 

Market. — Messrs. Hewson, Perry. Ten Eyck. 

Navigation. — The Recorder, Messrs Thomas, Bleecker. 

Night Police. — Messrs Artcher, Ableman, Haswell. 

Police.— Messrs. Pruyn, Spears, Haswell. 



Streets. — Messrs. Haswell, Ableman, McCollum. 

Water and Pumps. — Messrs. Coley, Ramsey, Haswell. 

Select Committee in relation to the Mohawk and Hudson 
Railroad.— The Recorder, Messrs. McKnight, Thomas Pruya, 
Bleecker. 

OFFICERS OF THE CITT OF ALB AN 

Clerk— S. H. H. Parsons. 

Chamberlain— Christopher W. Bender. 

Deputy Chamherlain — Hamlet J. Hickox. 

Attorney — Lewis Benedict, Jr. 

Marshal — Samuel N. Payn. 

Surveyor — George W. Carpenter. 

Assistant Surveyor — John I). Elliot. 

Police Justiee — .'ohn O. Cole. 

Deputy Excise Officer— C. W. Bender. 

Overseer of the Poor — Cornelius J. Cuyler. 

Superintendent of the Alms-House — John Morgan. 

Superintendent of the N. D — David Benson. 

Superintendent of the S. D— Ichabod Cunningham. 

Superintendent of the Markets — James McQuade. 

Chiej Engineer of the Fire Department— James P. Gould. 

Assistant Engineers— Corneiius McLaughlin, Philip Hilton, 
George W. Pearcy. 

Aims-House Physician— David Martin. 

City Physician— 1st District, Peter Van Buren; 2d District, 
Alfred Green , 3d district, John H. Trotter ; 4th District, 
Abel Lyon ; 5th District, Christopher C. Griffin. 

Police Constables — Isaac Winne, Amos Dodge, ElishaMack, 
3d, George Jenkins, Walter B Thayer, Thomas A. Hughes. 

Street Inspectors— 1st and 2d Wards, Frederick Porter ; 
3d and 4th Wards, John McMurray ; 5th and 6th Wards, 
Herman G. Wynkoop; 7th and 8th Wards, Jonn Gates; 9th 
and 10th Wards, Chauncey Humphrey. 

Captains of the Watch— Giles K. Winne, Gilbert Van Den- 
burgh, George Brainard, Adam Stewart, John Van Dervol- 
gen, David Osterhout. 

Assistant Captains— Gideon H. Dyer, Levi Ewing, Henry 
Pottenburgh, A. M. Sharpe, George T. Ladew, R. Van Val- 
kenburgh. 

Inspector of Weights and Measures — Stephen P. Schuyler. 

Weighers and Measurers— Lewis J.Lewis, Peter Cure, Geo. 
Strong, John B. Smith, Sylvester Trowbridge, William C. 
Johnson, Isaac Lansing, Adam Russ, Samuel G. Payn, John 
Noble, Samuel R. Swain, Charles W. Dillingham, Enoch 
Bailey, William D. Ferris, James Cummings, John McBride, 

Measurers of Wood— Hugh McCollum, Earl P. Pease, 
James Wood, Henry Wright, John J. Lagrange, David Terry- 

City Guager — Austin Spencer. 
inspector of Bread— Joseph Pladwell. 



Fence Viewers— John Morgan, Robert Lotridge. 

Weigher of Hay— Leonard Beardsley. 

Supervisors— 1st Ward, WiUiam Chambers; 2d Ward, Peter 
P. Statts; 3d Ward, John C. Ward; 4th Ward, Horace Meech; 
5th Ward, William Thorburn ; 6th Ward, Samuel Pruyn ; 
7th Ward, George W. Welch; 8th Ward, Heman A. Fay; 
9th Ward, Ichabod L. Judson ; 10th Ward, Jacob Henry. 

Assessors— 1st Ward, Richard Parr ; 2d Ward, Ebenezer G. 
Cheesboro ; 3d Ward, JohnD. W. Wemple ; 4th Ward, John 
I. Olmstead, 5th Ward, Richard Van Rensselaer ; 6th Ward, , 
John White ; 7th Ward, Josiah Patterson ; 8th Ward, David 
Deyo ; 9th Ward, Samuel S. Peck ; 10th Ward, William W. 
Munsell. 

Collectors of Taxes— 1st Ward, John McDonnell ; 2d Ward, 
Joseph C. Born ; 3d Ward, John Rockenstyne ; 4th Ward, 
William Littlejohn ; 5th Ward, Levi Chapman; 6th Ward, 
B. B. Whalen; 7th Ward, D. B. Van Schoonhoven; 8th Ward. 
Lawrence Dowd ; 9th Ward, William W. Wildman; 10th 
Ward, Charles W. Mink. 

Constables— 1st Ward, William Mullen ; 2d Ward, John 
Kinney ; 3d Ward, Daniel Van Buskirk ; 4th Ward, Alexan- 
der Fosgate ; 5th Ward, George Jenkins ; 6th Ward, Na- 
thaniel K. Leavitt ; 7th Ward, John S. Van Buren, 8th Ward, 
Francis Bray ; 9th Ward, William Pearcey ; 10th Ward, 
Charles W. Mink. 

School Commissioners — Gerrit V. S. Bleecker, John O. Cole, 
Rufus King, Francis D wight, John Simpson, Eli Perry, Hen- 
ry B. Haswell, John O. Flagler, James Maher. 

Justices of the Justices 7 Court — Gerrit Gates, William C. 
Schuyler, Abraham Morrel ; David Holt, Clerk. 

Harbor Master— John Hitchcock. 

Dock Master — John L. Hyatt. 

Postmaster— James D. Wasson. 

V. S. Collector of Customs— Albert Gallup. 

City Officers appointed by the State. 

Notaries Public— John O Colej James Mallory, Wra. ! w « 
Van Zandt, Benjamin R. Wenden, John B. Wasson, Henry 
S. Lansing, Francis H. Tows, Joseph M. Lovett, Isaac Fon 
dey, Rufus K. Vielie. 

Inspectors of Lumber — William B. Gourlay, Smith Quacken 
boss, Nelson Salisbury, Thomas J. McCall, John Cormick, 
George R. Vanderlip, Benjamin P. Hilton, Jam.e.3 N. Straw, 
Abner Whitney. 

Inspectors of Beef and Pork — James Ostrander, Henry Cas- 
sidy, Alexander Beatty. 

Inspector of Flour and Meal — Cornelius Vosburgh. 

Inspector of Staves and Heading — Richard Parr. 

Cullers of Staves and Heading— George Elder, Christopher 



9 

Ertsberger, Thomas Radcliff, John Hunter. 

Loan Commissioners — Barent P. tetaats, Lawrence Van Du- 
aen. *" ~— ~-^-*» 

Inspector of Pot and Pearl Ashes — Benjamin Van Ben- 
thuysen. 

Inspectors of Sole Leather — Benjamin Van Benthuysen, 
Loren K. Norten. 

Inspector of Domestic Distilled Spirits— Benj'n A. Buckbee. 

Inspector of Green Hides and Skins — James Muir. 

Inspectors and Measurers of Wood and Timber — James G. 
Young, Asa Fassett. 

Assistant State Sealer— Joseph C. Born. 

Inspector of Hops — William Arrasdell. 

Measurer of Grain— Gabriel Cropsey. 

Measurer of Stone— William Weaver. 

Canal Officers for the City of Albany. 

The Canal Commissioners sit during the session of the 
Legislature. 

Henry C. Southwick, Collector. 

Daniel D . Shaw, Weigh Master. 

Daniel P. Clark, (basin,) ) 

David Prest, (lock,) > Inspectors of Boats. 

Theodore Carman, pier, ) 

The Canal Collector's office is at the little basin in the 
new building of Mr. J. F. Whitney. 

COUNTY OFFICERS. 

Sheriff— Christopher Batterman. 
Treasurer— James Kidd. . 
Surrogate— Anthony Blanchard: 
District Attorney— "Edwin C. Litchfield. 
County Judges— -Peter Gansevoort, R. J. Hilton, J. Q. 
Wilson; R. Murphy, J. McCarty. 

WM. & A. GOULD & CO., 
LAW BOOKSELLERS, 

Have constantly on hand a large and general assort- 
ment of Law Books , both ancient and modern . They 
will furnish Law Libraries on the most liberal terms, 
both as to price and credit. 



STATE OFFICERS. 

Executive Department. 

Salary. 

"Silas Wright, Governor. $4,000 

Addison Gardiner, Lieutenant-Governor, $6 for each 

day's attendance. 
Nathaiel S. Benton, Secretary of State, and 

Superintendent of Common Schools, 2,500 

Azariah C. Flagg, Comptroller, 2,500 

Benjamin Enos, Treasurer, 1 ,500 

John Van Buren, Attorney -General, 1,000 

Hugh Halsey, Surveyor-General, 1,000 

Henry Storms, Commissary -General, 700 

Thomas Farrington, Adjutant General, .... 1.000 
-Robert H. Pruyn, Judge Advocate-General,. . 150 
Nathaniel Jones, \ "j 

Stephen Clark, ! Canal Commas from the [ . ~ nn 
Daniel P.Bissell, f 3d of February, 1845, [ 1>W{J 
Jonas Earll. Jr., J ) 

Chester Hayden, } 

Ambrose Salisbury, > Canal Appraisers, $4 per day, 
David Hamilton, ) and five cts. per mile for travel. 
Archibald Campbell, Deputy Secretary of State, and 

Clerk of the Land Office, 1,500 

Philip Phelps Deputy Comptroller, 1,500 

George W. Newell, Chief Clerk of the Canal 

Department, 1,500 

Samuel S. Randall, General Dep. Sup. of 

Common Schools, *.... 1,000 

John F. Bacon, Deputy Treasurer, 1,300 

John L, Tillinghast, State Librarian, ...... 625 

George Wood, Assistant do. 385 

Horace Moody , Private Secretary to the Gov. 600 
Henry Rankin, Messenger of the Gov., $3 each day. 



11 

Judicial Department. 

Salary. 

Reuben H. Walworth, Chancellor, $3,000 

Greene C. Bronson, Chief Justice Supreme 

Court, 3,000 

Samuel Beardsley, Justice Supreme Court,. . 3,000 

Freeborn G. Jewett, do. do. . . 3,000 
William T. McCoun, Vice-chancellor 1st 

Circuit, $2,000 and fees 

Lewi- H. Sandford, Assistant Vice- Chancel- 
lor 1st Circuit, $2,500 and fees, 

Frederick Whittlesey, Vice-Chancellor, 8th 

Circuit, 1, 800 

John W. Edmonds, Circuit Judge, 1st Circuit, l,60O- 

Charles H. Ruggles, do. 2d do. 1,600 

Amasa J. Parker, do. 3d do. 1,600 

John Willard, do. 4th do. 1.60O 

Philo Gridley, do. 5th do. 1,600 

do. 6th do. 1,600 

Bowen Whiting, do. 7th do. 1,600 

Nathan Dayton, do. 8th do. 1,600 

Hiram Denio, State Reporter, . . 500 

Alonzo C. Paige, Chancery Reporter 500 

IsaacR. Elwood, Clerk of Court of Errors,.. fees. 

John M. Davison, Register in Chancery, .... ,000 

and for Clerk hire, &c, 2,500 

Hiram Walworth, Assistant Register in Chan- 
cery, 2,500 

and for clerk hire, &c 5,000 

William P. Hallet, Clerk Supreme Court.N.Y. 2,800 

and for clerk hire, &c...... 3,000 

Charles Humphrey, Clerk Supreme Court, 

Albany, 2,000 

and for Clerk hire, &c. , 2,800 

James *. Beardsley, Clerk, Supreme Court, 

Utica, 2,000 

and for clerk hire, &c, .... 2,800 
Robert Monell, Clerk Supreme Court, Ge- 
neva, 2,000 

and for clerk hire, &c, 2.800 



12 

Alexander Forbes, Ci'k of 2d Chancery Cire't, 1,500 

Gideon M. Davidson, do. 4th do. 1,200 

James W. Williams, do. 5th do. 1.500 

Robert B. Monell, do. 6th do. 1,200 

Stephen A. Goodwin, do. 7th do. 1,500 

E. Darwin Smith, do. 8th do. 1,500 

and for clerk hire, &c. , . . . . 1 ,500 

Oliver L. Barbour, Chancellor's Clerk, . . 600 

Regents of the University, with the dates of their 
appointment. 

The Governor, ex-officio, 
The Lieutenant-Governor, ex-officio, 
The Secretary of State, ex-officio, 
1807, February 11, EUsha Jenkins, 

1822, February 7, James Thompson, 

1823, February 14, Peter Wendell, M. D., 

1825, January 12, John Greig, 

1826, January 26, Gulian C. Verplanck, 
1829, March 31, Gerrit Y. Lansing, 
1829, March, 31, John K. Paige, 

-" 1831, March 23, John A. Dix, 

1833, March 23, Erastus Corning, 

1833, April 4, Prosper M. Wetmore, 

1834, April 17, James McKown, 

1834, April 17, John L. Graham, 

1835, April 8, John McLean, 
1842, February 1, Gideon Hawley, 
1842, March 24, David Buel, 

1844, May 4, James S. Wadsworth, 

1844, May 4, John V. L. Pruyn, 
— ~ 1845. February 3, William C. Bouck, 

1845, May 10, Jabez D. Hammond. 

Officers of the Board. 

Peter Wendell, Chancellor. 
John Greig, Vice-Chancellor. 
T. Romeyn Beck, Secretary. 



13 

COURTS HELD IN THE CITY OF ALBANY. 

Mayor's Court, 2d Tuesday of each month. 

County Court, 3d do. of March and Sep- 
and 2d Tuesday of June and December. 

Circuit Court, 1st Monday in April and October. 
( 1st Monday in Jan. , at Albany. 

Supreme Court, list do. in May, in N.York. 

General Terms. 1 1st do. in July av Utica. 

(3d do. in Oct. at Rochester. 

Special Motion Term, at Albany, on 1st Tuesday 
of every month except months ef January, May, 
July and November. 

Court of Chancery, >4th Monday in January 
General Terms, $ and August 

Special Terms, 1st Tuesday of every month du- 
ring vacations, except July and August, when they 
are held at Saratoga Springs. 

Vice -Chancellor's Court, Stated Chancery 
Terms, will be held on the second Monday of Feb- 
ruary, June and December, at the Capitol in the city 
of Albany, and on the second Monday of August at 
the Court House in the city of Troy. Special Courts 
held by Vice-Chancellor 2d and 4th Tuesdays in each 
month, at the Capitol, except when the Vice-Chan- 
cellor is absent holding Circuits. 

Law Terms, for heariug cases, bills of exceptions, 
&c, in February and August, and on the first Mon- 
day in December at the City Hall, in the city of Al- 
bany, and on the third Monday in June at the Court 
House in the city of Troy. 



ALBANY. 





Albany, the capital of New- York, and the oldest city ? 
in the United States, lies in 42° 39' 3" N. lat. and 3° ' 
12' E. Ion. from Washington, and received its name in 
the year 1664, in honor of James Duke of York and Al- 
bany, who afterwards mounted the throne of England 
as James II. The original Indian name was Scagh- 
negh-ta-da, signifying " the end of the pine woods,-'' 
and was also applied by the aborigines to the site of the 
city of Schenectady, where it is yet retained with a 
slight variation in the orthography. It was called by 
the Dutch Beaverwvck (i. e. Beavertown.) The posi- 
tion of Albany wa« first chosen by a commercial peo- 
ple to extend their !rade with the Indians. No peima- 
nent settlements were made until about 1625. From 
that period until 1633 several of the most distinguished 
of our Dutch families arrived ; among them were the 
ancestors of the Van Schelluyne, Quackenboss, Lansing 
Bleecker, Van Ness, Pruyn, Van Woert, Wendell, Van 
Ness and Van Rensselaer families. It was incorporated 
as a city in Gov. Dongan's administration in 16S6. The 
government of the city was extremely tyrannical and 
bore more the character of a military despotism than 
that of a civil police. The trade with the Indians, was 
formerly wholly monopolized by the Dutch government, 
and private individuals were prohibited under severe 
penalties from trafficking with them. This sev^- " 
1 



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drove some of the " traders" to the Schenectady flats, 
where they intercepted a considerable portion of the 
fur on its way to Albany, and which occasioned for 
many years the most bitter animosities between the in- 
habitants of both places. The charter of Albany in- 
corporating the ancient settlement here is the oldest of 
any city in the United States. By that charter it ex- 
tended the city one mile wide on the river and due N. 
W. thirteen and a half miles. The right of soil was 
the absolute property of the corporation in perpetuity. 
It is bounded northerly by the town of Water vliet and 
the county of Schenectady, southerly by Guilderland 
and Bethlehem, and easterly by the Hudson river, which 
separates it from the county of Rensselaer. The south- 
ern part of Colonic was consolidated with and annexed 
to the city of Albany, February 25, 1815, and the north- 
ern part annexed to the town of Watervliet. (This is 
what now forms the Sixth and Seventh Wards.) 

First Common Council of the City of JLlbany, ajipointed by Gov. 
Dongan, by the first Charter, 16S6. 

Peter Schuyler, Mayor. 

Isaac Swinton, Recorder. 

Robert Livingston, Town Clerk. 
Jlldermen. Assistant Jll&emien. 

Dirk Wessels, Joachim Staats, 

Jan Jans Bleecker, John Lansing, 

David Schuyler, Isaac Verplanck, 

Johannis Wendell, Lawrence Van Ale, 

Lavinus Van Schaick, Albert Iiyckman, 

Adrien Garritse. Melgert Yvinantse. 

Jan Bleecker, Chamberlain. 

R;chard Pretty, Sheriff 

James Parker, Marshall. 

Many of the rights granted in the original charter 
have been surrendered from time to time. The limits of 
this work will not admit of its insertion or we would 
publish it entire, The primitive settlers retained for a 



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long period of years the peculiar traits of integrity,, fru- 
gality and simplicity for which the Dutch are so pro- 
verbially characteristic. Their women were over nice 
in cleanliness, scouring floors and kitchen utensils :•■; v - 
ral times in the week; rising very early and going to 
sleep very late. Their servants were chiefly negroes. 
Their breakfast was tea without milk — using sugar by 
putting a small bit in the mouth. With their dinner 
they used buttermilk, and if to that they added a little 
sugar, it was considered a luxury. We have somewhat 
degenerated from that simplicity in our living, but re- 
tained the important trait of integrity in our dealings, 
and Albany-can boast among its business men and me- 
chanics the. most unexceptionable and high minded of 
any city in the Union. By pursuing a just and equita- 
ble course'in their transactions and a prudent attention 
to business, many of our citizens are now enjoying 
wealth and opulence. Nor are they wanting in their 
efforts-- to promote charitable and benevolent objects. 
There is perhaps not any city in the Union whose in- 
habitants have given more in aid of charitable societies 
and benevolent, institutions, while its religious and 
moral advantages cannot be surpassed. Liberality of 
sentiment has ever obtained an ascendant in our city, to 
worship God according to the dictates of conscience, 
and this has ever kept us free from that mob spirit 
which has distracted other cities. 

Ministers of the reformed religion were regularly sent 
out from Holland. In 1657 the Rev. Gideon Schaats sailed 
from Amsterdam for this colony; and about the same time 
the Dutch West India Company wrote a letter stating 
that they would send out a bell and a pulpit "for the 



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inhabitants of Fort Orange and Beaverwyck for tbeiri 
aawly constructed little church." In 1715 this church 
became too small for the congregation and the proprie-; 
tors adopted a singular mode of enlarging it. Beyond 
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new stone wall ; on this foundation they raised a larger 
structure. Having thus completely enclosed the first 
church they took it down and removed the whole with 
only the loss of public worship for three sabbaths. The 
new edifice which had been constructed in this manner 
waji one story high, of Gothic appearance, having its 
windows richly ornamented with coats of arms. This 
church stood about ninety-two years in the open area 
formed by the angle of State, Market, and Court-streets. 
I It was taken down in 1806, and the stone of which it 
was constructed was used in the erection of the middle 
Dutch church, which is most pleasantly located between 
Beaver and Hudson-streets, surrounded by a beautiful 
park, planted with aged elms and other choice trees. 
Almos! every vestige of ancient Dutch architecture has 
disappeared and given way to the modern style of build- 
ing. 

The modern "style of building," as exhibited in 
the new State and City Halls, the Capitol and the 
Exchange, with Mr. Delevans superb building now 
erecting between Broadway, Steuben and Montgome- 
ry-streets, exhibit great elegance of design and fine 
specimens of modern architecture. While the Alba- 
nians have shown a just pride in the erection of their 
public buildings, they have not been wanting in their 
liberality for furnishing facilities for improving and 
adorning that most essential ingredient of our natures, 
the immortal, mind, as has been most amply displayed 
by the munificent appropriations they have made for 
the support of literature. The Albany Female Aca- 
demy sustains the highest rank of any institution of the 
kind in the United States. The Albany Medical Col- 



14 



lege is likewise equal to any institution of the sami 
kind in the Union. The College edifice was given as 
donation by the corporation at the annual rent of $ 
per year for 20 years. They have also made the mos 
ample support for common schools, allowing them 
selves to be taxed double the amount of the countr; 
towns for that objects and but for their adherence to 
hackneyed and worn out system, the facilities for th 
education of that class of community for which the 
were intended would have been most ample. Whe 
the new school lav/ (which has but just com 
into operation) shall have had time to develop th 
peculiar advantages it possesses over the old law, th 
common schools of this city will be placed on a footin 
equal to any in the United States. They have nin 
beautiful edifices already erected as school buildings 
which will accommodate all the children of the cit 
who are entitled to the benefits of the school law, whic 
embraces every child in the city between the ages c 
five and sixteen. These buildings cost the city som 
$34,000. 

The government of the city is vested in a Mayor, Re 
corder and twenty Aldermen, who are annually electee 
on the second Tuesday of April. There are als 
elected for each ward the usual officers chosen in towns 
such as supervisor, assessor, collector, &c. The offi 
ces of inspector, trustee and commissioner of school: 
have been abolished by the new school law, and ii 
place of them nine commissioners are chosen by th< 
Regents of the University of the State residing in th' 
city, with the mayor and recorder, for the managemen 
of the public schools. The public buildings are thti 



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lapitol, the State Hall, City Hall, Albany Aca~ 
'emy, Albany Medical College, Exchange, Albany 
7 emale Academy, Albany Female Seminary, Muse- 
m, Arsenal, and Alms House. Stanwix Hall and the 
ew structure now erecting by Mr. Delevan are the pro- 
perty of private individuals; a particular description of 
ach of these edifices with plates will be found in this 
ork. The many elegant structures erected and now in 
rogress of erection for churches will be found in a ta- 
le accompanying this work, as well as a separate de- 
iription of the State Library, the Medical College 
id Young Men's Association. 

The position of Albany necessarily makes it a grand 
'ipot for the treasures of the vast west as well as a 
eat thoroughfare. It is a grand entrepot for a great 
I'oportion of the products destined for the New- York 
arket. To accommodate this vast trade, a basin has 
;en constructed on the river in which all the northern 
id western canal boats are received. It consists of a 
.rt of the river included between the shore and a pier 
hty feet wideband four thousand three hundred feet 
fig. The pier contains about eight acres, on which 
)res have been built and where immense quantities of 
tnber and other articles of trade are deposited. The 
sin has an area of thirty acres. 

There are seven banks, viz : The Bank of Albany, in- 
•porated in 1792, capital $240,000; New-York State 
nk, incorporated 1803, capital $369,000; Mechanics' 
I Farmers' Bank, incorporated 1811, capital $ 442,000; 
mmercial Bank, incorporated 1825, capital $300,000"; 
nal Bank, incorporated 1829, capital $300,000; Al- 
ly City Bank, incorporated 1834, capital $500,000, 



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and Albany Exchange Bank, incorporated 1839, capii 
$311,100. The Albany Savings Bank was incorporat 
in 1820. Our monetary concerns will compare wi 
any city whatever. Such is the judicious and uprig 
manner in which our banks have been conducted, tl 
amid all the mighty revulsions which have taken ph 
in the commercial world, their credit has ever remai 
ed good ; and notwithstanding the abstraction fr< 
one of them (the Commercial) by a former cashier 
a large sum, (#178,000) amounting to near two-thi 
its capital, the judicious course pursued by the dir< 
tors, aided by that excellent financier, Mr. Jas. Tayl 
their present highly esteemed cashier, they have e 
sustained their credit unimpaired. 

The following table shows that Albany, the Capi 
of the Empire State, has not at least fallen behind 
larger sister city, the Commercial Metropolis of the 
S. The table is compiled from the U. S. census 
each case, excepting the year 1790, which is taken ft 
the census of this State : 



ears. 


Albany. 


New- York. 


Relative propori 


1790 


3,505 


30,022 


as 1 to 8 1-2 


1800 


5,493 


60.480 


" 1 " 11 l-9i 


1810 


9,356 


96,373 


" 1 ■' 10 1-3 


1S20 


12.630 


123,706 


"1 "9 1-2 


1830 


24,238 


197,112 


"1 "8 1-6 


1840 


33,724 


312,710 


"1 "9 1-3! 



It will be seen by the above table that the two ei; 
have kept very even in the increase of their populat 
During some periods New- York gains on Albany, w 
at another Albany gains on New- York. The peric 
which we commenced, New- York was just coming 
from the effects of the Revolutionary war, and th 
fore, the ten next succeeding years she rapidly increi 



, 



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er population ; but if we take the ratio of increase 
om 1800 we find that Albany has the advantage. 

It will be seen also that Albany received a mighty 
npulse in its increase and prosperity from the construe- 
on of the canals, so much so that in ten years, from 
320 to 1830, the population came within a fraction of 
sibling. The Boston and Buffalo railroads will now 

ve a fresh impetus to the growth of the city, and tak- 
lg the construction of the canals as a criterion to judge 
y, we may confidently calculate on doubling our popu- 
tion in the ten succeeding years, from 1840 to 1850. 
.lbany certainly holds out the greatest inducements for 
ipitalists, . practical mechanics and manufacturers, of 
iy city in the Union, for making investments. The 
heapness of living, with the many superior facilities for 
usiness men, require only to be known to be duly ap- 
reeiated. Combined with all these important advan- 
ces, if we add a fine salubrious and healthy climate, 
r ith the means of obtaining at a cheap rate not only 
le necessaries but the luxuries of every clime, — su- 
erior literary institutions, which afford the best facili- 
es for education, for both male and female, — with 
ur excellent social and religious privileges, offer the 
iosI powerful inducements for the man of business as 
is theatre of action, or the gentleman of leisure as his 
ome. The northeastern terminus of the Boston rail- 
Dad is destined to become the Brooklyn of Albany, 
'he building sites there cannot be surpassed, and the 
me is not far distant when our business men will be glad 
> seek a retreat from the noise and bustle incident to a 
ironged city. The facilities for crossing the river will 
ave become so easy when the railways shall have com- 



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pleted their present projected termination, and a goo; 
bridge constructed, that our citizens and men of busii 
ness can have much easier access to this place than the 
now have to more remote residences in the city. Adc 
ed to this the great benefits which will be derived phy 
sically from this location, renders it not only feasibl 
but the natural result consequent on the future growt; 
of the city. 

The city is supplied with pure and wholesome watt 
by the Albany Water Works Company. The Alban! 
Hydrant Company was chartered last winter, whicl 
when it goes into operation, will afford ample supplic' 
of wholesome water for the increasing wants of tli 
city. Should the introduction of the waters of the M< 
hawk be practicable into some point in or near thecit^, 
(which we entertain no doubt will come round in tl" 
course of time) it would afford facilities for hydraul 
purposes, which could as successfully be improved her 
as in any place in the world. 

Note 1. — Albany owes much to the genius of Clintc' 
and Fulton, for its present standing in wealth and opvj 
lence, and its unexampled prosperity for the last twetf 
ty-five years. New- York has also shared as largely 
our city in the mighty projects matured by these gre 
men. If there ever were men who could be calk 
Public Benefactors it is Clinton and Fulton ; ar 
we hope soon to see splendid monuments erected | 
front of the Capitol to perpetuate their memories 
order that future ages yet unborn may point with pati 
otic pride to these mementos, and also as a small tr 
bute of our gratitude. 



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Note 2. — Our Cemeteries attached to the various 
hurches, are judiciously located at the upper end of 
>late-street continued, nearly a mile from the City- 
Hall. While the location is apposite in point of quiet- 
less ; the health of the city is not endangered by an 
ipproxomation to a burying ground. 

Note 3. — As an evidence of the christian harmony 
hat prevails in our city, we have only to mention that the 
John's School attached to the Catholic church, a 
irge and substantial brick edifice erected in Rensselaer- 
freet, was built by the voluntary contributions of Pro- 
sstants of all denominations ! Long may this \hris~ 
Ian harmony prevail ! 

EARLY ENTERPRISE OF THE ALBANIANS. 

Note 4. — Immediately after the close of the revolu- 
on, an enterprise was got up in this city of great im- 
ortance, which gave a most powerful stimulus to its 
fade and commerce at that early period. This was a 
ioyage direct lo the East Indies. It was undertaken 
y Capt. Stewart Dean ; and when we consider the un- 
jtness of the craft for navigating the ocean (being a 
nail vessel of about 90 tons) it was certainly a most 
firing and hazardous project. The appearance of this 
tie craft in China was deemed almost a miracle ; yet 
e safely returned to this city with a rich cargo of Teas 
id Silks. This was the first East India voyage direct 
loin the American continent. 



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TO TRAVELLERS AND STRANGERS VISITING THE CITY. 

Amore delightful prospe :t i n summer is not to be found 
in any inland city in theUnion, than aviewfiom the Capi- 
tol or Congress Hall. Of this we have abundant confirma- 
tion from foreign travellers, as well as that accomplished 
scholar and extensive traveller Washington Irving, who 
involuntarily exclaimed that after having visited all the 
cities of France and Italy, so renowned for their surpass- 
in°- beauty, that a view from Congress Hall below on 
the beautiful parks, public buildings and private resi- 
dences which surround these parks exceeded all the 
far famed cities of France and Italy, or any other .scene 
he had ever witnessed. The traveller.ascends.a.genrle 
elevation from the river to the head of .State-street, 
fronting which is the Capitol, a most splendid edifice, 
occuoied by the Legislature and the State Courts, and 
which contains the State Library. The State Hall, for 
the accommodation of the public offices. The City Hall, 
occupied for city and county purposes and by the United 
States' Courts ; and also the Albany Academy, having 
20D pupils, face the public square at the head of State- 
street. The public buildings and parks exceed any in 
the United States. These Squares are formed by the Capi- 
tol and Academy parks, which are enclosed with sub: 
sfantial iron fences erected on &tone copings, and arc 
laid out in walks lined with ornamental trees, many | 
which are exolics. A few rods south of the square 
the Medical College. 

The Almshouse is located one mile from the river 



the south line of the city, and consists of four extensive 
a i J convenient buildings forming a s \ware, and is capa- 
ble of contai iin •; 703 paupers — and has connected with 
it a farm of 150 acres, cultivated by the inmates — ■ 
there is also a hospital and insane department connected 
with the establishment. One mile west of the City 
Hall is the Orphan Asylum, a private incorporated insti- 
tution — a separate description of which will be given. 
Connected with St. Mary's church is St. Joseph's Orphan 
Asylum,' which contains about forty inmates, under the 
charge of the Sisters of Charity. It is expected that a 
similar institution for boys will be established. Albany 
contains eleven squares, twenty-four public buildingg 
owned by the city, nine district school buildings, eleven 
engine houses, all built of brick in a substantial manner. 
The old State Hall recently used for State offices is now 
occupied by the Slate Agricultural Society and the Muse- 
um containing the-Slate Geological Surveys, which when 
completed will be an attractive and highly interesting 
place of resort, and open at all times to visitors. Among 
the public institutions whose meetings are held here, are 
the State Agricultural Society, New- York State Tem- 
perance Society, and State Medical Society. There are 
also in addition to those mentioned in the city various 
benevolent religious and scientific institutions, among 
them the Albany Institute, with a valuable library and 
extensive museum, occupying a room in the Albany 
Academy. In addition to the public buildings are the 
Museum, Stanwix Hall, Knickerbocker Hall, Douw's 
and Blunt's buildings, occupied chiefly for stores and 
offices, which have connected with them spacious 
halls for the accommodation of public assemblages, 



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Any gentleman could spend to advantage at least one 
day at each of our institutions and it would be time ju- 
diciously spent and afford a rich treat, viz : The Mu- 
seum of the Medical College, the rooms of the Young 
Men's Association, Meech's Museum, the rooms of the 
State Agricultural Society in the old State Hall, the 
Geological Collections in the same building. At the State 
Library of law and miscellaneous works, they might 
profitably spend at least one week as they would find 
many rare works that are not to be met with in any 
other library in this country, and the Albany Institute, to 
ail of which they can have gratuitous admittance with 
obliging attendants to afford them any information they 
may desire. If they would desire a short respite from 
these entertainments they might take an agreeable and 
pleasant ride to the Shakers in the many and cheap 
conveyances afforded by our livery stables, where they 
would have an opportunity of visiting this very singu- 
lar people, which alone is worth a voyage across the 
Atlantic to those who have never seen them. This is 
nine miles from the city, at Niskayuna. On returning 
they might take the Cahoes Falls in their way, where 
they could have an opportunity of seeing this beautiful 
fall of water on the Mohawk river. Returning by 
"West- Troy they could visit the U. S. Arsenal at that 
place, where they would see the cannon surrendered by 
Cornwallis at Yorktown and Burgoyne at Saratoga. 
They would find a pleasant and beautiful macadamised 
road from this place to Albany ; distance six miles. On 
the way the sporting gentlemen would find an elegant 
race course at the Bull's Head, one mile from Albany. 
If they wished to indulge in gymnastic exercises they 



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would find an establishment at the Knickerbocker Hall, 
and many others of the same kind in the city, where 
they might amuse themselves by rolling nine pins. 
They might then visit the Mineral Springs in Ferry- 
street, so deservedly celebrated for their efficacy in the 
cure of many diseases. Then our beautiful public 
buildings, which will bear comparison with any in the 
Union: the State Hall, City Hall, Exchange, Capitol, 
Orphan Asylum, Almshouse, Arsenal, of most of which 
there will be a seperate description given in this work 
with an engraving. 



THAMES OF THE MAYORS AND RECORDERS, 

Of the City of Albany, from the granting of the 
Charter to the present time, and the period during. 
which each continued in office. 



1637 
1694 
1695 
1696 
1693 
1699 
1700 
1701 
1702 
1703 
1706 
1707 
1709 
1710 
1719 
17-21 
1723 
1725 
1726 
1728 
1729 
1731 
1732 
1733 
1741 



Peter Schuyler, 
Peter Schuyler, 
Johannis Abeel, 
Evert Bancker, 
Derick Wessels, 
Hendrick Hansen, 
Peter Van Brugh 
Jan Jans Bleecker, 
Johannis Bleecker, 
Albert Ryckman, 
Johannis Schuyler, 
David Schuyler, 
Evert Bancker, 
Johannis Abeel, 
Robert Livingston, Jun. 
Myndert Schuyler, 
Peter Van Brugh 
Myndert Schuyler, 
Johannis ( uyler, 
Rutger Bleecker, 
Rutger Bleecker, 
John De Peyster, 
Hans Hansen, 
John De Peyster, 
Edward Holland, 
John Schuyler, 



RECORDERS. 

Isaac Swinton, 
Derick Wessels, 
Derick Wessels, 
Derick Wesseis, 
Jan Jans Bleecker, 
Jan Jans Bleecker, 
Jan Jans Bleecker, 
Johannis BleeckerJ 
Johannis Abeel, 
Johannis Abeel, 
Johannis Abeel, 
Johannis Abeel, 1 
Johanni:) Abeel, 
Robert Livingston, Jun. 
Johannis C uyler, 
Johannis Cuyler, 
Johannis Cuyler, 
Johannis Cuyler, 
Rutger Bleecker, 
John De Peyster, 
Dirck Ten Broeck, 
Dirck Ten Broeck, 
Dirck Ten Broeck, 
Dirck Ten Broeck, 
Dirck Ten Broeck, 
Dirck Ten Broeck, 



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VEAES. MAYORS. 

1742 Cornelius Cuyler, 

1746 Dirck Ten Broeck, 

174S Jacob C. Ten Eyck, 

1750 Robert Sanders* 

1754 Hans Hansen, 

1756 Sy brant G. Van Sdhaiek, 

1759 Sybrant G. Van Schaick, 

1761 Volkert P. Douw, 

1770 .Abraham C. Cuyler, 

1778 John Barclay, 

17"9 Abraham '1 en Broeck, 

1780 Abraham Ten Broeck, 

1783 John Ja. Beekman, 

I7S6 John Lansing, Jnn. 

1789 John Lansing, Jim 

1790 Abraham Yates, J un. 
1793 Abraham Yates, Jim. 

1796 Abraham Ten Broeck, 

1797 Abraham Ten Broeck, 
1799 Philip S. Van Pu?nsselacr, 
1308 Philip S. Van Rensselaer, 
1810 Philip S. Van Rensselaer, 
1311 Philip S Van Rensselaer, 
1316 Elisha Jenkins, 

13i9 Philip S. Van Rensselaer, 

1821 Charles E Dudley, 

18-24 Ambrose Spencer, 

1825 Ambrose Spencer, 

1826 James Stevenson, 

1827 James Stevenson, 

1828 Charles E. Dudley, 

1829 John Townsend, 

1830 John Townsend. 

1831 Francis Bloodgood, 

1832 John Townsend, 

1833 Francis Bloodgood, 

1834 Erastus Corning, 

1835 Erastus Corning, 

1836 Erastus Corning, 

1837 Teunis Van Vechten, 

1838 Jared L. Rathbone, 

1839 ' Jared L. Rathbone, 

1840 Jared L. Rathbone* 

1841 Teunis Van Vechten, 

1842 Barent P. Staats, 

1843 Friend Humphrey, 

1844 Friend Humphrey. 



EECORDKRS. 

Dirck Ten Broeck, 

Edward Collins, 

Robert Sanders, 

Sybrant G. Van Schaick, 

Sybrant G. "Van Schaick, 

John G. Pioseboom, 

Volkert P. Douw, 

John Ten Eyck, 

John Ten Eyck, 

Abraham Yates, Jun. 

Abraham Yates, Jun. 

Leonard Gansevoort, 

Leonard Gansevoort, 

Leonard Ganseveoft, 

Peter W. Yates, 

Peter W. Yates, j 

John Taylor, 

John Taylor, 

Abraham Van Vechten, 

Abraham Van Vechten, 

John V. N. Yates, 

Theodorus V. W. Graham, 

John V. N. Yatesy 

Philip S. Parker, 

Philip S. Parker, 

Estes Howe, 

Estes Howe, 

Ebenezer Baldwin, 

James M'Kown, 

James M'Kown, 

James M'Kown, 

James M'Kown, 

James M'Kown, 

James M'Kown, 

James M'Kown, 

James M'Kown, 

James M'Kown, 

James M'Kown, 

James M'Kown. 

James M'Kown, 

James M'Kown, 

James M'Kown, 

James M'Kown, 

fm. Parmelee, 

Wm. Parmelee. 

Wm. Parmelee, 

Wm. Parmelee. 



* Elected by the people, being the first election under the act 
providing for the election of Mayors by the people. 



STREETS, LANES, ALLEYS, &C. 

All streets running west from the River, commence 

their numbers at the eastern boundary. All those 

running parallel with the river, {excepting Mont- 
gomery and Water, which commence their num- 
bers at the southern boundary ,) commence number- 
ing at the norther?i boundary. Several of the 

Streets have no buildings upon them. 

Academy Park, fronts on Eagle and Elk streets and Capitol Park. 

Alexander st., from s. Pear] to Eayle, 1st s. Basset.t. 

Alms- House Square, fronts on Gausevuoit, Snipe, Perry and 
Ferry. '" ' 

Arch street., from River to Alms House Square, 1st south Ferry. 

Bassett street, from Hirer to s. Pearl, 2d south Schuyler. 

Bleeeker stfeet* from-Rivei to is. Pearl, 1st south Lydius. 

Beaver street, fi on Market to Eagle 1st south State. 

Bradfoid si Snipe to western boundary, 1st s Sch'y turnpike. 

Broadway, Irom north boundaiy to State. 

Broad street, from Lydius to s. boundary, 1st w. s. Pearl. 

('anal Basin, fronts Water, Lawreni e, Montgomery and Dewitt. 

Canal stieet, from n. Peail to Snipe. 

Capitol Park, fron's on Eagle and State sis. and Academy Park. 

Capitol street, from State to Lancaster, 1st west Eagle. 

Catharine street, from Chiton to Swan. 

Centre stieet, from Lun.bei to Canal Basin. 

Cherry street, from Itiver to Fianklin, 1st south Schuyler. 

Church street, fr- m Ferry to Market, 1st west Market. 

Chapel street, from State to Patroon, 1st west n. Pearl. 

(Jhesnut street, from Hawk to Lark, 1st south State. 

Cortland street, from Delaware turnpike to Alms House Square. 

Colonie street, from Water to western bounda y. 

Columbia street, from River to Eagle, 3d noith S'ate. 

Clinton Square, fronts <.n n. Pearl, Patroon and Orange streets. 

Clinton streets from southern boundary to Arch. 

Dallius st from s uthern boundary to Lydius 1st east Green. 

Daniels street, fmm Beaver to Eagle 

Dean street, from Steuben t<> Hudson, 1st west Quay 

Delaware square, fronts on Delaware turn. Feiiy, Lark, Lydius. 

Delaware street from Clinton to Eagle. 

Denniston street, from Market to Liberty. 

De Witt street, from Canal Basin to Broadway. 

Diagonal stieet, from Liberty 10 junction of Hudson and Union. 

Division stieet, fiom River to s. Pearl 3d south pf State. 

Dove street, from southern boundaiy to Canal. 



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Eagle street, from southern boundary to Canal. 

Elizabeth street, from Aich to southern boundary. 

Elk st., from Eagle to western boundary 1st north Washington. 

E'ie street, from southern boundary to Schenectady turnpike. 

Exchange street, fjpm River to Bioadvvay, Is north State. 

Fayet e street, from Academy Park to Swan. 

Ferry stree\ fr<«m River to Eagle, 3d south Lydius. 

First street, from Ten Brooek to western boundary. 

Franklin st , from Lydius to sou- hern boundary 1st east s. Pearl. 

Gansevoort St., River to western hundaiy, southernmost st. 

Grand street, from Beaver to Aich 

Green st., from State to southern boundary, 1st we,st s. Market. 

Hawk st , from northern to southern boundary, 1st west Eagle. 

Hamilton St., from River to western boundary 1st noith Lydius. 

Hart street, from head of Orange to western boundary. 

Herkimei st:eet, fr.<m River to Delawa:e Square. 

Howard street, from s. Pearl, to Eagle, 1 south. 

Hudson street from River to western boundary. 

Hudson Square, fronts on Washington, Pat ridge and Ontario. 

High stieet, (rum State to Lydius. 2d west Eagle. 

Jackson St., Colonie to Spencer, b Broadway and Montgomery. 

James street, State to Columbia, between Broadway and Pearl. 

Jay street, from Eagle to Lark, 3d sou'h State 

John street, from River to Franklin, 1st north Ferry. 

Knox stieet, from Elk to southern boundary, 1st west Lake. 

Lark st ,from southern boundary to Patroon, '4th wes' Eagle 

Lawrence street, from River to Broadway, 1st north Canal Basin. 

Lewis Alley, from Grand, west o Philip 

Luml-er st , from River to wesienri boundary 3d s. Canal Basin. 

Lydius st eet, from Rivet to western boundary.. 

Lancaster St., from Eagle to western boundary, 2d south State. 

Lodge street, from Beaver to Columbia, 2d west. n. Pearl. 

Libeity street, from Hudson to Lydius, 1st west Market. 

Maiden lane from River to Eagle, 1st north State. 

Market street, from State to southern boundary. 

Meioer St., fir rri Delaware turnpike to Alms House Square. 

Montgomery street, from Steuben to northern boundary. 

Morris street, from Delaware Square to western boundary. 

Morton street, from Clinton to Dove 

Mulberry street, from River to Fianklin 3d south Lydius. 

North Ferry street, from Bath Feny to Broadway. 

North Lansing st , from River to Broadway. 2d s Canal Basin. 

North Pearl street, from State to n boundary. 

North Square, fronts on Lark, ('anal, Knox and Elk. 

Norton stree*. (late. Store Lane) !rom Green to s. Pearl. 

Nucella stieet, from River to Gansevoort. 

Ontario st , northern to southern boundary, 2d w. Alms House. 

Orange street, from River to Hare, 4th north State. 



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Patrdge st , from southern boundary to Schenectady turnpike. 

Patioon st., from Broadway to western b< undary 6th n. State. 

Peiry street, heginnii g at Alms House Squaie, s. to n. boundary. 
Pier, runs from foot of Hamilton north 4323 feet, and SO feet 
broa'l to the foot of Lawrence street, forming a basin of au area of 
32 acres a,, J l-10th 

Pine street, from Chapel to Eagle, 2d north State. 

Philip street, from Lvdius to Hudson, 3d west s Pearl. 

Plain stree\ from s Pearl to Philip 1st south Hudson. 

P easant street from Western to S' henectady turnpike. 

Plum!) street., from River to Franklin, 1st sou'h Basset 

Providence st , from Delaware turnpike to Alms House Square. 

Quackenbush st , ftom River to Bioadway, 1st north Orange. 

Quail st , from noithern to southern boundary, 1st w Alms H. 

Quay St., along the dock, from southern t<> northern boundary. 

Rensselaer street, from river to s Peail, 2d south Ferry. 

Robin st .from Alms House Square to Washington 1st w. Snipe. 

Rose street, fiom Hamilton to Lydius, 1st west Green. 

S aid street, from Laik'to western boundary. 

Schuyler strei t, from River to Clinton, 4th south Ferry. 

Secon.i street, from fen Broeck to western boundary 

Suurt Lansing St., from River to Franklin, 1st south Heikimer. 

South Pearl street fron State to Gansevoort. 

Spencer St., from River to Broadway, 1st. south Lumber. 

Spruce St., from Eas^le to Lark, 1st nor h Elk. 

State stre< t, from River to western boundary. 

Steuben St., ftom River to Eatrle, 2d north ^tate 

Snipe st , beginning at Alms House, to northern boundary. 

Swan St., ftom southern to northern boundary 2nd w Eagle. 

Ten Broeck si leet from Patroon to Colonic, 1st w. n. Pearl. 

Third street, from T< n Broe< k to western houndary. 

Union street fiom Lydius, to Hudson, 2d west Market. 

Van Tromp st., from Bioadway to n. Pearl 1st no'th Columbia. 

Van Sc haick s-., from n Pearl to Hare, 1st west Canal. 

Van Wi-eit-st., from Bioadway to wt-stein boundary. 

Vine Jtteet, from River to Fianklin, south Nuce'la. 

Warren street, fiom Eag'eto Alms House Square, 2d south Perry. 

Washington st., Academy and Cajiiol Parks to w. boundary. 

Washington Square, fionts on State, Knox, Lydius and Willefc. 

Water st., from northern boundaiyto Steuben, 1st west Quay, 

Westerlo st , from River to Delawaie Squan , 2d south Lydius. 

Will am st , from Lydius to Howard, 1st v est s Pearl 

Wilson St., from Broadway to Ten Broeck, 1st south Lumber. 

Willet st , from State to Lydius, 1st west Lark. 

Yates st. from Delaware square to western boundary. 



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PUBLIC BUILDINGS 




THE CAPITOL. 

The Capitol occupies a beautiful position at the head 
of State-street, at an elevation of 220 feet above the 
river. The building was designed for the meeting of 
the Legislature and some of the high courts. The 
Court of Chancery is held here ; and the State Medical 
Society meets here. The State Library occupies large 
and spacious rooms in the building. The grounds which 
surround the Capitol are tastefully arranged and form 
one of the most attractive promenades in the city. 

OFFICES IN THE CAPITAL. 

Basement. — Office of the Vice-Chancellor ; Superintendent of 
the Capitol. 

First Story — Executive Chamber and Ante-Chamber ; Assem- 
bly Chamber, Lobby and Parlor ; Clerk's Office, and Court of 
Chancery. 

Second Story. — Senate Chamber and Parlor ; Gallery of the 
Assembly ; Supreme Coutt room : Law Department of the State 
Library ; and Office of the Sargeant-at-Arms of the Senate. 

Third Story. — Office of the Clerk of the Senate ; Miscellaneous 
Department of the State Library ; and Committee Rooms. 



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THE NEW STATE HALL. 

This splendid edifice exceeds any building in the 
United States, if we except the Merchant's Exchange 
and Custom House in New- York, and the Capitol of the 
United States. It is situated between Columbia and 
Steuben streets, and at the head of those streets facing 
the Academy Park and Academy, and the City Hall on 
Steuben-street. 

The building is 138 feet long by 88 feet wide, and 
contains in all four stories; the basement story is 14 
feet; the principal and second stories are each 22 feet, 
and the attic story 14 feet. 

There is perhaps not a more permanent structure in 
this or any other country ; the walls which enclose the 
basement are five feet thick. The foundation is laid 
with building stone, the largest that could be procured, 



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and well bound together, and the materials are of the 
mo9t durable quality. The building is constructed 
with marble from Mount Pleasant. The front is orna- 
mented with twelve antse,and each end with eight; and 
a colonade consisting of six Grecian Ionic columns oc- 
cupying the centre of the west front facing the park 
and projects 12 1-2 feet from the front wall. The 
columns are four and a half feet in diameter at the base 
and 48 feet long. In the construction of this building 
w r ood is almost wholly dispensed with, even in the ceil- 
ings, which are arched so as to supersede the use of tim- 
ber. The floors are laid with marble flag; and the 
flights of stairs inside and out. are constructed of the 
same material. The roof and dome are sheeted with 
copper. From the rotunda you have a beautiful view 
of the surrounding country. The building cost about 
$350,000. 

The following are the offices kept at the State Hall : 
Office of the Secretary of State and Superintendent 
of Common Schools, Comptroller, Treasurer, Surveyor- 
General, Attorney-General, Adjutant-General, Canal 
Department, and Canal Commissioners Office, Banking 
Department, Register in Chancery, and Clerk of the 
Supreme Court. 



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^STTTL ED! 



CITY HALL. 

This edifice is situated at the head of Pine-street and 
Maiden lane, facing the termination of Washington- 
street and the Capitol and Academy Parks. It is con- 
structed of Sing Sing Marble— 109 feet front by 80 
feet in depth. Consists of a basement, principal and 
attic story — the walls are 60 feet high. Above the 
rusticated basement the Grecian Ionic order prevails, 
having in front a hexastyle Colonade, supporting a well 
proportioned pediment; the order is continued in Antse, 
all round the building. Above the roof is the Belvi- 
dere, 50 by 40 feet, surmounted by a hemispherical 
gilded Dome, 40 feet in diameter. Philip Hooker 
Architect; Jonathan Lyman, Master Builder, — erected 
in 1831. It is the joint property of the City and Coun- 
ty, and designed for the use of Ihe Common Council, 
Mayor's Court, Circuit and County Courts, and Offices 
for the City and County Officers. The external ap- 
pearance is imposing — the internal arrangements are 
convenient — the whole finished in a chaste and classical 
style. 



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OFFICES IN THE CITY-HALL. 

Sub-Basement. — City Surveyor's Office ; Police Of- 
fice ; Watch-House, northern district. 

Basemen £.-— County Clerk ; Surrogate ; Chamberlain ; 
City Clerk ; District- Attorney ; Grand Jury, and Mayor's 
Offices. 

Principal Story. — Common Council; County Courts; 
Mayor's Court rooms. 

Third Floor. — Board of Supervisors. 




ALBANY EXCHANGE. 

This structure is one of the largest and most costly in 
the city and covers an entire square formerly occupied 
by the Canal and Albany Banks and other buildings. 

It is constructed of granite obtained from Penobscot, 
in the State of Maine. The dimensions are as follows : 
150 feet 3 inches along State-street ; 98 feet 10 inches 
along Dean-street; 156 feet 6 inches along' Exchange- 
street ; and 75 feet 6 inches along Broadway. The plan 
is from a design of Mr H. Rector's, and combines 
architectural beauty with a commodious adaptation to 
the objects for which the building was constructed. 



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OCCUPANTS. 

Sub Basement. 
No. 1, JohnW. Cogswell, Refectory, Broadway. 

2, John Harris, do do 

3, M Fit.zpat.rick Keeper, Exchange st 

4, W.Anderson,... Cl< thes scourer, . State-st. 

5, P. N Cromwell, Barber's shop, do 

Basement. 
No. 1, J. J Taaffe, Furrier, Broadway. 

2, L. G Smith, Hat store, do 

3, E. J. Humphrey & Co., Broker, do 

4, Dr Briggs, Druggist, do 

5, Pomeioy & Co , Expn-ss Office,... do 

6 and 7. Post Office, do 

8, Colhctor of Cana! Tolls, do 

9 and 10, Argus Office, do 

11, Harnden & Co State-street. 

12, Thompson & Co., Express Office, do 

13, B. H Crafts, Broker, do 

14, P. W. Groot do do 

15, T. Gough, do do 

16, Samuel Robinson, do do 

17, Smith & Weaver, <Io do 

Post-Office, centre room, Broadway and State-street. 

First Floor. 

No. 1, Argus Office E. & S. Croswell. 

2. Custom-House. 
. 3, Exchange Bank. 

4, Won. I ruff, Hawley & Young, Law Office. 

5, John Q Wilson, do 

6, Harris & Shepard, do 

7, 9, and 10, Young Men's Association. 

8, Davis & Rhoades, Law Office* 

Second Floor. 
No. 1, C. H. Bramhall, Law Office. 

2, Pruyn & Martin, do 

3, Koon & McClellan, do 
4 and 5, Vacant. 

6, William B. Pierce 

7, Vacant. 

8 and 11, Young Men's Lecture Room. 

9, Peter Cagger. 

Third Floor. 
No. 1, William Greene. No. 6 and 8, John H. Hall. 

2, Vacant. 7, II H Little. 

3, H. W Meade, 9, Concordia. 

4, N. Orr. 10, Vacant; 

5, Vacant. 



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LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 




THE ALBANY ACADEMY. 



This Academy was incorporated by the Regents of the 
University on the 4th of March 1S13. 

It is beautifully located fronting the Academy park at 
he head of Steuben-street. 



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The Academy building consists of a centre part and 
two wings. The whole building is 140 feet long. The 
centre one is 80h feet long and 72£ deep.' The wings 
are 45 by 30 feet deep. The centre buillingis two sto- 
ries high in front and three in the rear with basement. 
The wings are two stories high with a basement. The 
material used in building is the New-Jersey free stone. 
The internal wo: 'c is of the most permanent kind ; the 
walls of brick of ^Ivat thickness. 

NEW-YORK STATE LIBRARY. 

The New- York State Library are founded in 1824, 
and is supported by an annual appropriation. The main 
object of its establishment was the collection of a libra- 
ry of law books, for the use of courts which are con- 
stantly holding at the Capitol. In process of time a 
proviso was made for the addition of miscellaneous 
works. The library according to the last report con- 
tains of 

Law Books, 4,760 volumes. 

Miscellaneous Books, .. 5,141 do 

Total, 9,912 do 

The number at present exceeds 10,000 volumes. 
The library occupies large spacious rooms in the 
Capitol and is open at all times. The regulations are ex- 
cellent, and visitors and literary men can spend their 
time here pleasantly and profitable, without any inter- 
ruption, as silence is enjoined strictly by the laws of the 
institution. It affords facilities gratuitously (to any 
person who may wish to visit the library) to have ac- 
cess to most if not all the standard, law and miscellane- 
ous works in the country. There are many rare works 
to be found in this library. 




ALBANY FEMALE ACADEMY. 

This beautiful and classic edifice was erected for the 
purposes of a Female Academy in the year 1S34, and is 
one of the greatest ornaments of our city. The plan of 
the building is about 65 by 77 feet including the porti- 
co. The height is about 55 feet including the basement. 
It is beautifully located in North Pearl, the most plea- 
sant street in the city. The Academy was founded in 
the year 1814, being 30 years ago, so that a majority of 
our ladies received their education at this institution. 

It has decidedly the highest standing of any institu- 
tion of the kind in the United States. The system pur- 
sued is practical ; and the examinations show that the 
efforts of those who have the direction of it have been 
eminently successful. 



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AEEAKY MEDICAL, COI.L,^:GS 



The Albany Medical College, was chartered Feb. 16, 
1339 ; the ch irter empowers the trustees to confer the 
degree of'd HJtor of medicine on the recommendation of 
the faculty, and three of the curators. 

The college edifice which is of brick, three stories 
high, 129 feet front by 50 feel deep, belongs with its 
grounds, to the city of Albany, and has been leased to the 



trustees of the college for twenty years at the nominal 
rent of $>1 per year. It is very eligibly located in Eagle- 
street, a short distance from the capital. 

The expense of fitting up the building and providing 
the necessary apparatus was defrayed by the voluntary 
contributions of the citizens of Albanv. Since that 
time the legislature has appropriated $15,000 for im- 
proving the building, museum and library ; all of which 
has already been expended, so that the museum and 
apparatus are now as complete and extensive as in any 
other institution in the United States. An annual ap- 
propriation of $1 ,000 is devoted to the increase of the 
museum and library. * 

A hospital is about to be establisned in the city, 
which will afford additional advantages for clinical in- 
struction to the students of the college. 

The lectures commence on the first Tuesday in Oc- 
tober, and continues sixteen-.weeks'. 

Strangers are admitted to the museum on application 
to the Janitor. 

YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION, 

Or Young Men's Society for mutual improvement," 
the pioneer institution of its kind in the United States, 
embraces all ranks and professions now numbers about 
1000 members. It has an extensive reading room sup- 
plied with the leading newspapers of this country. 

Also, a room furnished with the most standard 
periodicals and reviews native and foreign ; an ex- 
cellent library of about 3,200 volumes, and a lecture 
room capable of seating 500 persons, in which two lec- 
tures (weekly) are delivered from the first of December 
to first of March. 



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BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS. 



THE ALBANY ORPHAN ASYLUM. 

This Asylum was founded in 1S30, and incorporated 
March 30, 1831, by the name of The Society for the 
relief of Orphan and destitute children in the city of 
Albany. 

The Asylum edifice which is of brick and of two sto- 
ries high, on a high basement, with five acres of land, is 
situated about a mile west of the Capitol. The children 
are taught the rudiments of learning usual to the com- 
mon schools; besides which the girls are taught plain 
sewing, knitting and such household affairs as their 
years allow ; and the boys are employed occasionally in 
the garden and about the other grounds. After attain- 
ing the age of eight years they are bound out to such 
suitable persons as can furnish a committee of mana- 
gers satisfactory evidence that they are suitable persons 
to receive them. The Society is supported mainly by 
donations from the citizens of Albany. 

The Managers are Archibald Mclntyre, President, 
John I. Wendell, Ira Harris, James Dexter, Rev. Wm. 
James, John Q. Wilson, Marcus T. Reynolds, I. L. 
Judson, J. D. Wasson, Eli Perry, Lawson Annesley, 
members. John G. Wasson, Secretary, and Dyer 
Lathrop, Treasurer. 



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ODD FELLOW'S SOCIETY. 

This association is purely benevolent and its organi- 
zation and management is said to be free from any ob- 
jectionable feature. In consequence of the rigid rules 
with respect to membership it has grown up to be one 
of the most respectable bodies in the country, embrac- 
ing vast numbers of the most virtuous and honorable 
men in the community. 

En-hakkore Encampment, No. 5 ; meets every second and fouith 
Friday evenings of each month in the Coramei-cial Buildings. 

City Philanthropic Lodge, No. 5 ; meets every Friday evening, in 
the Atheneum 

Union Lodge, No. 8 ; meets every Thursday evening, in the 
Atheneum. 

German Colonial Lodge, No. 16 ; Me^'s every Monday evening 
in Commercial Buildings. 

Hope Lodge, No 3 ; meets every Tuesday evening in the Athe- 
neum. 

Firemen's Lodge, No. 19; mee.ts every Tuesday evening, in 
Commercial Buildings 

American Lodge, No. 32 ; meets every Wednesday evening in the 
Atheneum. 

Phcenix Lodge, No. 41 ; meets every Wednesday evening in Com- 
mercial Buildings 

Samaritan Lodge, No. 93 ; meets every Monday evening, in the 
Atheneum. 

Alhanv City Degree Lodge, No. 11 ; meets every Tuesday even- 
ing, in the Atheneum. 

Excelsior Degree Lodge, No. 15 : meets .every week on Wednes- 
day and Thursday eveumes alternately, in Commercial Buildings. 

mechanics' benefit society. 
Instituted August 9th, 1829, on the plan of mutual in- 
surance. Entrance money $3 ; monthly dues 31 cents. 
Each member (having been admitted G months) will be 
entitled, during his sickness, to receive $4 per week. 
Since the formation of the society, there has been about 
1,200 members. The society have $2,500 loaned on in- 
terest, besides a fund on hand sufficient to meet all 
emergencies. They have paid out nearly $2,600 for 
sickness to the members during the past year. 



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George Kiibourn, president; Abraham Pettinger, 1st 
vice-president; Edward B. Slason, 2d vice-president; 
William Davis, treasurer ; R. S. Cushman, Secretary, 
H. E. Brower, assistant secretary ; J. W. Hinkley, Phy- 
sician ; 1st. ward, William A. Carr, 2d ward, J. Dick- 
son, 3d ward, L. H. McChesney, 4th ward, John Dix- 
on, 5th ward, James A. Buckbee, 6th ward, Wm. Vos- 
burgh, 7th ward, G. M. Mosher, 8th ward, George New- 
man, 9th ward, George Traver, 10th ward, D. F. Hol- 
dridge, stewards. 

st. Andrew's society. 

Andrew Kirk, president ; James Taylor, vice-presi- 
dent; Thomas Black, 2d vice-president; Rev. Peter 
Bullions, chaplain; Dr. Peter McNaughton, physician : 
William Gray, treasurer; James Wilson, secretary; 
Richard J. Grant, assistant secretary; Messrs. Wm. 
Brooksby, Robert McFarlan, Hugh Dickson, John 
Peebles, D. Cameron, managers. 

ALBANY BIBLE SOCIETY. 

Rev. Wm. B. Sprague, D. D. President; Rev. John 
N. Campbell, D.D., 1st vice-president; Rev. J. N. 
Wyckoff, D.D. 2d vice-president; Philip Phelps, re- 
cording secretary ; S. Jenkins, corresponding secretary ; 
Wm. C. Miller, treasurer ; Rev. Ezra Huntington, Rev. 
Duncan Kennedy, Rev. Wm. A. Campbell, Rev. H. L. 
Starks, Rev. Samuel W. Fisher," Rev. H. N. Pohlman, 
Rev. Edward Mayer, Archibald Mclntyre, Peter Boyd, 
Nathaniel Davis, Rensselaer Westerlo, Israel Smith, 
Denison Worthington, managers. 

WASHINGTON TEMPERANCE SOCIETY. 

John C. Ward, president; James P. Gould, Chauncey 
Whitney, M. M. Van Alstyne, Adam Van Allen, Joshua 



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R, Hays, James Dennison, Jacob Henry, Ichabod Cun- 
ningham, Philip Phelps, Alexander Shepherd, vice- 
presidents ; Smith Quackenbush, Sidney Guest, John 
King, Thomas Mygatt, Henry Nichols, Sellick Slawson, 
Daniel Van Buskirk, executive committee ; Thomas P. 
Crook, treasurer; Roland Adams, recording secretary ; 
William C. Schuyler, corresponding secretary. 
apprentices' library. 
John Taylor, president ; Hessel E. Brower, librariai 
James Robinson, Job Gould, Lewis G. Hoffman, Jam< 
S. Gould, William J. Warner, James Taylor, John Dj 
vis, Lyman Philleo, (one vacancy,) trustees. 

ALBANY FIRE DEPARTMENT. 

George W. Pearcy, president; Thomas Creamer, vice- 
president; James E. McClure, treasurer; G. W. Bell,, 
secretary ; H. B. Norris, collector ; V. Ten Eyck, R. S. 
Cushman, W. R. Bush, G. A. H. Englehart, George 
Cuyler Charles Joy, trustees. 

st. Joseph's orphan asylum society. 
Rev. Joseph A. Schneller, president; Rev. Jame 
McDonough, vice-president; Matthew McMahon, sec 
retary; Peter M. Morange, treasurer; John J. Taaffe, 
Charles O'Conner, Michael Clarke, Jeremiah Nowlan, 
Patrick B. Rooney, E. B. O'Callaghan, C. Colmey, 
Thomas Cahill and Christopher McCaffrey, managers. 

HIBERNIAN PROVIDENT SOCIETY. 

James Maher, president; Charles Quin, 1st vice-pre- 
sident; John Tracy 2d vice-president; Wm. Hawe ; 
treasurer ; James Bartley, Thomas Newman, recording 
gecretarv; Jame3 Birmingham, Michael Moakley, P: 






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trick Moakley, Patrick Dempsey, finance committee; 
Hugh McNally, Timothy Reardon, Thomas Burns, 
Thomas Dinnigan, John Mulholland, Michael Murtough, 
John Finnigin, executive committee. 

MONTGOMERY BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION-. 

Wm. H. Hughes, president ; John T. Crew, 1st vice- 
president; Robert Erwin, 2d vice-president; T. S. 
Barber, secretary ; William Reyley, assistant secretary, 
Archibald McClure, treasurer ; John Hunter, William 
McGowen, Wm. Gilfaill, Robert Simpson, Stephen Mix* 
executive committee; Robert Neeley, Wm. Gilfaill, 
Arthur Smith, Robert Stephenson, Matthew Coulter, 
stewards. 



CHURCHES IN THE CITY OF ALBANY. 

In this city every individual can quietly and peacea- 
bly worship God in whatever temple his conscience 
may dictate, "without any to molest or make him 
afraid." We have many elegant structures erected and 
now in progress of erection in this city for churches which 
are fitted up in a style ihatwillbear comparison with any 
in this country. Besides the provisions in the general 
School law for the education of all classes, many of the 
churches in our city have schools attached to them for 
(he education of those who are unable to procure facili- 
ties for that purpose. Among them we notice St. Pe- 
ter's church in State-street, St. Joseph's in North Pearl- 
street, St. Mary's and St. John's in Chapel and Ferry- 
streets, which have each schools attached to them for the 
education of indigent children. 

If we mistake not, the first churches on the Ameri- 
| can continent were established in our citv. 



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The Green-street Baptist church, andthePearl-slreet 
Episcopal, were converted from theatres into churches. 
The Pearl-street Methodist Church, was formerly a cir- 
cus, converted into a church in 1830. 



LIST OF CHURCHES IN THE CITY, WITH THEIR PAS- 
TORS AND LOCATION. 

First Presbyterian Church, S Pearl-st— Rev J N Campbell, 
DD. 

-. Second Presbyterian Church, Chapel-st— Rev W B Sprague, 
DD. 

Third Presbyterian Church, Clinton Square— Rev E H Hun- 
tington. 
__ Fourth Presbyterian Church, Broadway — Rev S W Fisher. 

First Reformed Dutch Church, N Pearl-st— Rev D Kennedy. 

Second Reformed Dutch Church, Beaver-st — Rev I N Wyck- 
oft", D D. 

Third Reformed Dutch Church, corner Ferry and Green-sts — 
Rev W H Campbell. 

First Baptist Church, Green-st — Rev Mr. Branson. 
- 'Second Baptist Church, Pearl-st— Rev B T Welch, D D. 

Third Baptist Church, S Pearl-st— Rev S Wilklns. 

State-street Baptist Church, opposite the Capitol. 

Baptist Church, (colored) Hamilton-st — RevW Syrington. 

St. Peter's Church, (Episcopal) State-st— Rev H Potter, D D. 

St. Paul's Church, (Episcopal) S. Pearl-st— W 1 Kip. 

Trinity Church, (Episcopal) Herkimer-st — Rev E Selkirk. 

St. Mary's Church, (Catholic) Chapel-st— Rev J A Schneller. 

St. John's Church, (Catholic) Ferry-st — Rev J McDonough. 

St. Joseph's Church, (Catholic) N Pearl-st — Rev Mr Conroy. 

German Catholic Church, corner Hamilton and Philip-sts. 

North Methodist Church, N Pearl-st — Rev Mr. ScuddeT. 

Washing-ton-st Methodist Church — Rev T Spicer. 

Ferry-st Methodist Church— Rev Mr Saxe. 

Methodist church, (colored) State-st. continued. 

Universalist Church, Greer.-st — L. B. Mason. 

Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pine-st — Rev H N Pohlman,D.D. 

Evangelical Lutheran church, State-st continued — Rev E 
tleyer. 

" House of Prayer," (Second Advent) — Grand-street. 

Friends' Meeting House, Plain-st. 

Jewish Synagogue, Herkimer-st — Jacob Newburgh. 

Associate Presbtyerian, cor Chapel and Canal. 

Hudson-st Methodist, Hudson-st — Rev. Z. Philips. 

Unitarian Church, Division-st. Henry F. Harrington. 

Bethel Church, Montgomery-st. Rev J H Miles. 



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LIST OF THE CLERGY WITH THEIR RESIDENCES. 

Rev. J. N. Campbell. D.D., 1st Presbyterian, Mrs.LockwoQd's r 
corner North Pearl and Steuben sts. 

Wm. H.Campbell, South Dutch, 13 Broad. 

James M. Coley, Baptist, 106 South Pearl. 

Asa Bronson, First Baptist, 55 Grand. 

Edward Selkirk, Trinity, 81 Lydius. 

E. A. Huntington, 3d Presbyterian, 137 North Pearl. 

William I. -Kip, St. Paul's, 190 State. 

Duncan Kennedy, 1st Dutch, 55 North Pearl. 

James McDonough, St. John's, 51 Dallius. 

Edward Meyer, 2d German Evangelical Lutheran. 11 Park. 

H. N. Pohlman, D.D. Evangelical Lutheran Ebenezer, 18 VaB 
Tromp. 

H. Potter, D.D., St. Peter's, 68 Maiden Lane. 

Rev T Spicer, Washington st. Methodist, 188 Washington. 

Alfred Saxe, Ferry-street Methodist. 

L. B. Mason, Universalist, 36 Ferry. 

J. A. Schneller, St. Mary's, 38 Lodge. 

William B. Sprague, D.D., 2d Presbyterian, 58 Chapel. 

Z Philips, Hudson-street Methodist, 58 Division. 

M. L. Scudder, Pearl-street Methodist, 119 North Pearl. 

B. T. Welch, D.D , North Pearl-street Baptist, 52 Westerlov 

Stephen Wilkins, South Pearl-street Baptist, 30 Herkimer. 

I. N. Wyckoft', D.D., Middle Dutch, 24 Beaver. 

S. W. Fisher, 4th Presbyterian, 108 North Pearl. 

R. J. Hammond, Associate Presbyterian, 275 State. 

Henry F. Harrington, Unitarian, 33 Swan st. 

John'H. Miles, Bethel, 174 Broadway. 

John Conroy, St. Joseph's, 103 Colonie. 

Jacob Newburgh, Jewish Priest, 305 S. Pearl. 

Rev T R Rawson, City Missionary, 64 Jackson. 

William Syrington, (colored) Baptist. 



NEW-YORK STATE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY, ROOMS 81 
STATE-ST. 
The following are the officers for the ensuing year : 
Hon. John Savage, Washington co. President.- =- __ 

Anson G. Phelps, Hiram Coilis, Gerrit Smith, Ben Johnson, 
Oliver Teall, Ashbel W. Riley, W. H. Stanley, Rev. Joseph A. 
Schneller, Vice Presidents. 

Philip Phelps, Chairman, Ira Harris, Azor Tabor, Barent P. 
Staats, Rev. I. N. Wyckoft', Rev. B. T.' Welch, Hon. Erastus 
Corning, Thacldeus .Joy, Rev. H.N. Pohlman, S?W. Dana, E. 
C. Delavan, Executive committee, Archibald Campbell, Trea- 
surer, Otis Allen, Rec, Secretary, Oliver Scovil, Cor. Secretary, 
Israel Smith, Auditor. 



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DIRECTORS, &c. 

EANK OF ALBANY. 

J. H. Ten Eyck, James Stevenson, William Walsh, 
Matthew Gregory, Benjamin Tibbits, John Van Zandt, 
Tennis Van Vechten, Volkert P. Douvv, David New- 
lands, J. Winne, Jr., Andrew D. Lansing, Daniel Cady, 
Hermon Pumpelly. 

N. Bleecker, Jr., book-keeper ; R. K. Viele, teller; 
E. R, Phelps, discount clerk ; 0. M. Beach, clerk. Dis- 
count day, Thursday. 

NEW-YORK STATE BANK. 

R. H. King, J. L. Rathbone, G. Y. Lansing, R. Boyd, 
A. Mclntyre, Joel Rathbone, P. Gansevoort, W. E. 
Bleecker, E. W. Skinner, W. Adams, A. C. Flagg, 
comptroller, M. T. Reynolds, W. C. Miller. 

H. A. Allen, teller ; I. Fonday, jr. 2d teller ; S. P. 
S okes, book keeper; H. S. Lansing, discount clerk ; W. 
M:Harg, J. A. Chestney, Clerks. Discount day, Wed- 
nesday. 

MECt-IANICs' AND FARMERS' BANK. 

T. W. Olcott, Robert Shepherd, ^S._ S. Fowler, Tho- 
mas Hillhouse, Lemuel Steele, James Kidd, H. New- 
man, _F. Humphrey, Hugh Humphrey, W. W. For- 
syth, J. B. Jermain, Robert Dunlop, H. Bleecker. 

Thomas Olcott, teller; James H. Mallory, book-keep- 
er ; C. N. Waldron, 2d book-keeper; William McHench, 
discount clerk ; Robt. Jenkins and Alexander Olcott, 2d 
clerk. Discount days Tuesdays and Fridays. 

Lemuel Jenkins and Robe*t Shepherd, Pension ac- 
countants. 

COMMERCIAL, BANK. 

Serh Hastings, Lewis Benedict, Augustus James, 
James Horner, Giles Sainord, John Davis, 0. R. Van 



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Benthuysen, John Gott, W. C. Hall, J. D. Wasson, 

Aaron Roggen. Discount days, Mondays and Thursdays. 

A. H. Lovett, teller: F. S. Pease, book-keeper, John 

B. Wasson, discount clerk; J. H. Smith, and George 

B. Lee, clerks. 

ALBANY CITY BANK. 

Erastus Corning, Ellis Baker, Martin Van Alystyne, 
Bradford R. Wood, William Seymour, John V. L. Pruyri, 
John Knower, James M. Cook, Watts Sherman, Wil- 
liam Smith, Ralph Barker, Win. Humphrey, E. Perry. 

C. L. Garfield, teller; F. H. Tows, book-keeper; 
Isaac Fonday, discount clerk ; Simeon J. Leake, cor- 
responding clerk ; Thomas Turner, in western depart- 
ment ; D. W. C. Rice, and T. A. Knower, clerks. Dis- 
count days, Tuesdays and Fridays. 

CANAL BANK. 

Thaddeus Joy, E. Croswell, C. Van Benthuysen, R. 

C. Russell, E. N. Pratt^ A. McClure, T. Olcott, James 
Edwards, H. T. Mesick, J. K. Paige, Shuler Cady, Ed- 
ward Artcher, S. W. Hoag, D. H.Ford, W, J. Fryer. 

J. 0. Cole, book-keeper ; J. L. Crew, teller ; T. H. 
Knower, 2d teller ; R. M. S. Pease, discount clerk ; Ed- 
ward Cole, clerk. Disc't, Wednesdays and Saturdays. 
exchange: bank. 

George. W. Stanton* John M. Newton, Galen Batch- 
elder, Frederick J. Barnard, Lansing G. Taylor, John 
Taylor, Alfred Douglass Oliver Steele, S. M. Fish, 
Henry Green, Gaylor Sheldon, James McNaughlon, 
Samuel Pruyn, Samuel Stevens, Ichabod L. Judson. 

A. P. Palmer, teller ; J. M. Lovett, book-keeper ; J. 
F Batchelder, discount clerk, Wm. H. Lee, clerk. Dis- 
count days, Tuesdays and Fridays. 



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ALBANY SAVINGS BANK, NO. 38 STATE-STREET. 
Incorporated March 24, 1820. 

William Newton, William McHarg, William Durant, 
John L. Winne, James Taylor, Rufus H. King, Jacob 
H. Ten Eyek, Gerrit Y. Lansing, John I. Boyd, Frede- 
rick J. Barnard, Benjamin Tibbits, James Stevenson, R. 
H. Pruyn, William E Bleecker, Hermon Pumpelly, Di- 
rectors. 

This institution has for its object the encouragement 
of industry and economy and th^ promotion of good 
morals. 

The depositors are punctually paid interest on all 
sums deposited by them at the rate of 5 per cent per 
annum; and the interest if not called for is added to the 
principal. The amount now in deposite exceeds $350,- 
000 in the names of nearly two thousand persons. 

Tins speaks exceedingly \yell for the prosperity of 
the laboring classes in our city. Moneys may be de- 
posited by any person for the benefit of a minor or 
olher person; and not subject to be withdrawn if so 
ordered at the time of depositing. 

The plan is particularly useful for those persons who 
come into possession of money by way of wages, prize 
money, gifts, gratuities, for which they have no imme- 
diate use, and which they would wish to lay by for a 
time of need. 

The Bank is open every Saturday evening from 5 to 
7 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of receiving deposites. 

The bank is open fcr the reception of deposites from 
Females only on Wednesday afternoon of each week 
from 4 to 5 o'clock 

. Pres't. James Taylor, Treas'r, 



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MILITARY. 

ALBANY MILITARY ASSOCIATION. 

Major Gen. John F. Townsend, President ; Brig. Gen. 
J. Groesbeck, 1st Vice-president; Col. Edward Satter- 
lee, 2d Vice-president; Maj. Charles H. Slanton, Sec- 
retary ; Maj. S. P. Stokes, Treasurer ; Col. Charles B. 
Lansing, Judge Advocate; Lt. Col. David Newcomb, 
Auditor ; Col. Franklin Townsend, Adjutant. 

ALBANY REPUBLICAN ARTILLERY. 

Civil Officers.— John Niblock, President; Jacob Wa- 
goner, Vice-president ; John Cooke, Treasurer ; Eras- 
tus T. King, Secretary. 

Military Officers. — John Cooke, Captain ; James R. 
Rose, 1st Lieut. ; Frederick Townsend, 2d Lieutenant ; 
Richard Lovell, 1st Sergeant ; H. Covert, 2d Sergeant ; 
E. T. King, 3d Sergeant ; H. Featherly, 4th Sergeant. 

ALBANY BURGESSES CORPS. 

Civil Officers.— Addison Low, President; T. R. Cour- 
ney, Vice-president ; George Humphrey, Treasurer; 
William Gourlay, Secretary ; S. W. Whitney, Assistant 
Secretary. 

Military Officers. — Rufus King, Captain ; 1st Lieut. 
Franklin Townsend ; 2d Lieut. C. A.Fassett ; 3rd Lieut. 
William R. Whitney ; Francis Pruyn, Jas. Easterly, 
W. J. Thomas, E. R. Brown, Sergeants; J. B. Weed, 
E. J. Lansing, Wm. Harbison, B. Briare, Corporals. 

Staff.— Wm. Green, Quarter Master ; G. Humph- 
rey, Pay Master; Wm. Davis, Chaplain; Dr. Brock- 
way, Surgeon. John Visscher, Armorer, 



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ALBANY EMMET GUARDS. 

Civil Officers. — John Tracy, President; Charles O'- 
Connor, Vice-president ; John McEvoy, Treasurer ; 
Thomas Galigan, Secretary; MichaelO. Sullivan, As- 
sistant Secretary. 

Military Officers. — John Osborn, Captain ; John T. 
Gough, 1st Lieutenant ; Nicholas Hussey, 2nd Lieuten- 
ant ; John Riley, 3d Lieutenant ; Joseph Tuffs, James 
Sayles, P. O'Conner and Andrew Delahant, Sergeants ; 
Patrick Masterson, Martin Willis, Francis Hagan and 
Charles Moore, Corporals. David Beahan, Armorer. 

Staff.— J. J. Taaffe, Quarter Master ; Thos. Court- 
ney, Pay Master; D. B. Gaffney, Surgeon. 

In addition to the above, we have also the Van Rens- 
selaer Guards and the Washington Artillerists, a new 
corps, composed of our German fellow-citizens, the offi- 
cers of which we have been unable to obtain. 



PRACTISING ATTORNEYS IN THE CITY OF ALBANY, 
WITH THEIR OFFICES. 

James McKewn, 92 State. — Ira Harris, Exchange 

Samuel Stevens, 29 Broadway. J. Van Buren, 92 State. 

Bradford it. Wood, 59 State. M. T Reynolds, 25 N Pearl. 

Solomon Hosford, 94 State. J Rhoades, 8 Exchange. 

William D White, Com. Bd'g. W. Cassidy, Atlas Office. 

Jonas Wickes, City Hall E. C. Litchfield, Dist Att'y. City 

G. W. Weed, 10i Broadway, Hall, office 2 Exchange. 

S. Van Vechten, 44 State. W. W. Frothingham, Ah Bd'y. 

E. A Doolittle, 83 State. C. B Lansing, 4i Bd'y. 
Janaes R. Rose, 92 State. J. L'Amoteaux, 8 Douw's Bd'g. 
W R. Cantine, 5 Douw's Bd'g:— A. Tabor, 109 State. 

F. Furguson, 4 Exchange Bd'g. P. Gansevoort, 13 Douw's Bd'g. 
A. Sheldon, 57 State. " **=— -»P. Cagger, 29 Bd'y. 

C. A. Pugsley, 8 Douw's Bd'g^*— C Stevens, 29 

R. H. Fruyn, 41 Broadway. J. A- Livingston, 66 State. 

Otis Allen, 11 Patroon Exchange. 

A. C. Southwick. 59 State. «— H G. \ "rate. 

. . A. D. P >tate. 

O. A. Kingslev, 66 State. H. Q. 

J. J. Hill, 13 Douw's Bd'g. L. H. Palmer, Com. Bd'g. 



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P. Carmichael, 148 S. Pearl. 

A. J Colvin, 66 State. 

H. H. Martin, 142 State. 

O. Meads, 46 State. 

R. W. Peckham, 92 State. 

C Pepper Justice's Court. 

J. V. L. Pruyn, 2M's Exchange. 

C Pepper, jr. 68 State. 

H. C. Whelpley, 59 State. 

A. Dean, Com. Bd'g. 



J. Q. Wilson, Exchange. 
J I. Burton, 48 State. - — """" 
W. Parmelee, Rec'der, U Bd'y. 
W. J D. Hilton, Justices court. 
H. Wyman, City Hall. 
M. Patten, 111 Slate. 
R. H. Wells, 92 State. 
L. Jenkins, Mech. & Farm's Bank. 
D. Hosford, 149 Swan. 
L. Benedict, jr. 25 N. Pearl. 



„ A. Blanchard, Sui'gate, City Hall. T. D. James, 66 State. 



W. Spencer, 17 Douw's Bd'g. 
S. M Woodtuff, 4 Exchange. 
J. Davis, 128 Hamilton. 
C. M. Jenkins, 16^ Broadway. 

C. Ten Broeck, 9 Douw's Bd'g. 
G. W. Peckham, 92 State 

D. B Gaffney, 10|- Broadway. 
J. Edwards, 46 State. 



J. B. Sanders, Douw's Bd'g. 
A. B. Street, 137 Washington. 
W. Hall, res Troy Road. 
R. L.Joire, Com. Bd'g. 
J M. Whelpley, 59 State. 
S Groesheck, 56 State. 
H. J. Colvm, 66 State. 
J. Koon, Exchange. 



R. J.Hilton, cor. State andGreen.S. H. Hammond. 1<H Bd'y. 



A C. Y. Paige, Exchange. 

F. H. Hastings, 213 Bd'y. 

N Hi'l,jr. City Hotel. 

J. S. Colt, 92 State. 

S. J. Cowen, 95 Columbia. 

I. Edwards, 53 Montgomery. -• 

M. McMahon, 57 State. 

J. J. Tyler, Blunt'sBuilding. 

W. C. Schuy^r, 81 State. 

J. Howes, Blunt's Building. 



J. Lansing, 68 State 

D. Burwell, 5 Exchange Bd'g. 

D. Wright, 48 Columbia. 

C. H Bramhall, Exchange. 
H. C. Van Vorst, 50 State. 
G. P. Barker, Att'y Genl's office 
F. E, Smith, State Hall. 
A. Morrell, 67 State. 

D. Cady, 44 State. 
J. E. Hermans, 211 State. 

COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. 
C. Bryan at J. Bryan Schuyler st. A. Morrell, 67 State. 
Jacob M. Settle 59 State street. R. D Watson, 92 State. 
Frederick W. Cole, Argus office. J. B Frisby, 10£ Broadway. 
Horace Wyrnan, City Hall. J. E. Hermans, 2! 1 State. 

Oran Ott, 5 Douw's Buildings. L Van Wie, 88 Beaver. 
Gerrit Gates, Justice's Court. E. R. Peck, 22 Libetty. 
Elias Warner, 81 State. O. A. Kingsley, 66 Stare. 

L. Jenkins, Mech. & Farm's Bank. W. Gould, jr., 104 State. 
M. McMahon, 57 State. W. C. Schuyler, 81 State. 

J. Callahan, Exchange. 

COUNTY JUDGES. 

Peter Gansevoort, 1 3 Douw's B'g.R. Murphy, country. 
R. J. Hilton, 50 State. J. McCarty, country. 

J. Q. Wilson, Exchange. 

NOTARIES. 
A. H. Lovett, Com. Bank. F. H. Tows, City Bank. 



J. B. Plumb, State Bank 



J. S. Leake, State Bank. 



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PRACTISING PHYSICIANS IN THE CITY OF ALBANY. 
W. J. Young, 130 Broadway. 
J. O. Flagler, 12 High. 
J. V. P. Quackenbush, 143£ Bd'y. 



J. Eights, 75 Columbia. 

"VV. Bay, 32 N. Pearl. 

J. W. Bay, do 

J. R Boyd, cor. Hud'n & Grand. P. Wendell, 7 Academy Park. 

J. A. Wing, I Washington. 

J. M. Brown, 114 Broadway 



P. Van Olinda, 60 Hamilton. 

H. Van Olinda, do 

J. S. Van Alstyne, cor. HamiltonC. D. Townsend, 212 Bd'y. 

and Green. J. McNaughton, 54 N. Pearlr-'" 

M. F. Cogswell, 29 N. Pearl. H. Wendell, 7 Academy Park. 
J. W. Hinckley, 44 Hudson. P. P. Staats, 112 S. Pearl. 
P. McNaughton, cor. BroadwayG. N. Dox, 197| Broadway. 

and Steuben. J. H Case, cor. Green and Wes- 

A. March, 72 Hudson. terlo. 

J. H. Armsby, 155 Broadway. C. C. Griffin, 91 Washington. 

J. F. Townsend, 2 Acad'y Park. J. Wilson, 21 S. Pearl. 

D. Martin, cor Columbia and E. B. O'Callaghan, cor. Lydiua 

Ba'y. and Green. 

P. Gannon, 168 Broadway. N. Maikey, 17 Patroon. 

J. Graham, 8 S. Pearl. " J. Cox, 168 Market. 

P. Van Buren, cor. Green and E. Dufty, 102 Market. 

Lydius. R. H. Thompson, 1 Washington. 

J. Van Buren, 3 Washington 

B. P. Staats. cor. N. Pearl and jjoiauic. 
Steuben. J. M. Ward, Hom'y, 70 Chapeh 

J. H. Trotter, 37 Columbia. A. W. Russell, 88 Beaver. 

P. Williams, 140, 142 Broadway .A. N Burton, 66 Chapel. 
D. Springstead, cor S. Pearl and G. Westervelt, 82 Hudson. 

Lydius. W. B. Stanton, 109 S. Pearl. 

Thomas Hun, cor. N. Pearl and 

Maiden Lane. 



DENTISTS. 



D. Newcomb, 84 Broadway. 
A. Nelson, 22 N. Pearl. 
J. Brockway, 16 N. Pearl. 
R. Nelson, 22 N. Pearl. ' 



J. S. Wood, 46 Eagle. 

J. C. Austin, 167 Broadway 

C. Copeland, 167 Broadway 



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MANUFACTORIES. 



We have some of the most extensive manufacturing 
establishments in the United States-. 

Such is the upright manner in which our manufac- 
turers have conducted their business, that they have es- 
tablished a character beyond reproach, nor would they 
hazard their reputation by throwing a bad article inio 
market. 

FUR. AND CAP MANUFACTORIES. 

The Mammoth fur and cap manufactory of Messrs. 
Prentice, Finn & Co., is the largest establishment of the 
kind in the world. 

We were recently conducted through this immense 
establishment by one of its gentlemanly proprietors, 
Mr. J. H. Prentice, and were as much astonished as sur- 
prised at the magnitude of the operations of these en- 
terprising Albanians. It may surprise some if not all 
of our readers, as it certainly did us, to be informed that 
there are employed from 700 to 800 hands constantly. 
A part of them are engaged in the different processes of 
converting the skins and furs from the condition in 
which they were first bought from the hunter or the 
foreign merchant to the fine and beautiful furs from 
which a cap is made fit to grace the head of an Empe- 
ror. The remainder, with the females, are employed in 
fashioning and sewing them into caps of the most ele- 
gant fabric of any in the world. There are now manu- 
factured over two thousand caps per day. The caps as 
fast as made are shipped to the branch of the establish- 
ment in New- York, from whence they are distributed to 



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all parts of this country, and thousands aie sent 
foreign ports. We do not exaggerate when we say th 
this establishment is the largest of the kind of whi 
we have any account in the world. It needs but a vi 
to convince the most incredulous of this fact. It is 
tested by the army of busy hands plying with such i 
tiring industry in each of the extensive department; 
this Mammoth Manufactory . We were very mi 
surprised when we were informed by Mr. Prentice t 
the workmen employed in these numerous and " ext 
sive departments" were exclusively under the supe 
sion of himself without the aid of overseers. This 
gantic establishment is a continuance, though upc 
more enlarged scale, of that of Packer, Prentice & ( 
and the Messrs. Prentice, who have conducted this 
tensive branch of manufacture with so much hono 
themselves for nearly a quarter of a century. It wo 
appear almost incredible, even to some of our citizen.' 
believe that there was such a giant concern in Alb i 
city. 

There is another branch ci' axe •'ecently 

up by these Jbanians, from which a 

jfiany of our fair readers have dot;) 
less ere this seen, examined and admired, tl 
Neapolitan Bonnet, v.-;. : : ;h a recent inventioi 

already a rival for the far famed " Leghorn." The 
terial of which this bonnet is made is twisted hair, ■■- 
is braided with unsurpassed neatness and despatch 1 • 
machine as novel as it is ingenious in its construcl 
This elegant fabric will no doubt soon supplant 
other bonnet, in the fashionable market. We ar : 
competent connoisseur to cater for our fair read* 



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important article of their dress, but from what, we 

gather from occular demonstration of many of the 

ionables of our emporiums, we infer that this beau- 

1 fabric will supersede all its compeers. It possesses 

most important requisites of this most essential 

cle of a ladies dress, viz: durability, combined with 

uty of appearance. We doubt not that in this de- 

tment the enterprising proprietors will be as suc- 

sful as they have been in the other. They are the 

ond manufacturers who have introduced it into the 

nerican market. We regret that the limits of this 

rk will not admit of our giving an engraving of this 

immoth manufactory. We advise our readers to take 

■ isit to it themselves and they will find a cordial wel- 

tne from its courteous proprietors. 

This establishment is located in Water-street. 



The fur establishment of G. C. Teeadwell, which 
in Broadway, a few doors above Exchange-st though 
it as extensive as that of the Messrs. Prentice, yet 
Qploys 100 to 150 hands — his work is executed in a 
yle equal to any in the Union. He has been known 
flong the dealers, as being the best manufacturer of 
luskrat caps in the U. S., and he has lately commenc- 
I. the dressing and coloring of Lynx and other fine furs, 
hich formerly were manufactured in Europe exclu- 
irely. 

There is also the establishment of Messrs Taaffe 
Gough, whose salesroom is located at No. 1 Exchange 
ttildihg, and is perhaps the most convenient store in 
ie city, being on the corner of State and Market-sts, 
hey employ about 150 hands in their business. They 



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also dress, color and manufacture their fursj and get u£ 
iheir caps equal to any in market; in coloring otter, fur, 
seal and muskrat skins, they cannotbe excelled. Alarge 
quantity of fancy furs, viz. muffs, collars and trimmings 
are manufactured by them, and in addition to the fur bu- 
siness, they do alarge business in the cloth cap and hat 
trade. 

The Albany Furriers excel all others in the world, 
in the important art of dyeing their furs. 

COACH MANUFACTORIES. 

There are extensive coach manufactories in this city. 
Among them we notice that of Messrs. Goold & Co., 
between Division and Hamilton-streets. 

This large manufactory is conducted by Mr. James 
Goold, the senior partner— who has been engaged in 
the business for more than thirty years. He has intro- 
duced many important improvements in mechanics by 
which many processes heretofore performed by hand 
labor are now done to greater perfection by machinery. 

The large and capacious building which contains the 
different departments of this extensive manufactory, 
forms a parallellogram extending on Union-street 185 
feet from Division to Hamilton-street, running back 90 
feet — three stories high. There is a steam engine of 
ten horse power, which propels two drilling machines — 
and lathes for turning axles, arms, &c, one for ream- 
ing out cast iron boxes, and a large and small grind 
stone. 

The amount of labor saved by machinery is immense. 
The rude masses of wood undergo a process which fits 
them for splendid carriages. The labor is Derfofmed 



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in a twinkling by machinery. In short, all the slow 
and toilsome processes heretofore performed by labor 
alone are done by machinery. 

The proprietor has acquired a well earned reputation 
by a determination during the long period he has car- 
ried on business, to manufacture his work in not only 
the most elegant, but the most durable manner. The 
materials used are selected with great care. Every 
thing connected with the establishment, evinces the 
most striking proof of the laudable ambition of the pro- 
prietors to excel in this branch of manufacture. 

To one important branch of manufacture we beg leave 
to direct the special notice of our readers ; and that is, 
the beautiful sleighs made here. 

The "Albany Sleigh" stands unrivalled in this coun- 
try, both in point of durability and elegance of construc- 
tion. They are made by the Messrs. Goold, in a 
style that- cannot be exceeded. We saw one in par- 
ticular, made for Hon. Erastus Corning of our ci- 
ty, which is the most perfect specimen of beauty, com- 
bined with durability, that we ever witnessed, and we 
doubt whether its equal can be found in the broad uni- 
verse. We saw a coach almost finished to order to go to 
the State of Maryland, that would vie with the splendor 
of even royally itself. What is better than all, the 
Messrs. Goold are not indebted to Europe for any 
thing, as all is wholly of sc American manufacture," with 
a mere slight exception. The great improvements 
made in this branch of manufacture, are the fruitful re- 
sults of the enterprising and indefatigable exertions of 
the proprietor. We hope the public will show their ap- 
preciation of the merits of the superior w T ork done here 



60 

by patronising the establishment. The limits of this 
work will not admit of due notice of the great per- 
fection in the modus operandi, by which the beau- 
tiful finish is put on the work ; nor of the numerous 
and well contrived departments of this extensive 
" Manufactory ." All we can say is, go yourselves 
and you will wil ness the most perfect manufactory in 
this country ; it will well repay you for a visit. 

Here are displayed the most beautiful pleasure car- 
riages of every variety of form and finish, equalled by few 
if any in the world in point of durability and elegance. 
The splendid heavy massive railroad car and family 
coach is contrasted with the light trotting sulky. The 
low hung, richly ornamented barouche, with the neat 
Dearborn, one horse wagon and cab. 

They manufacture coaches for all parts of the United 
States, and even for Mexico and South America. 

There is also the establishment of Mr. James Robin- 
son, at 27 Church-street. 

This manufactory has a high reputation, and was es- 
tablished by its present proprietor in 1812. 

We notice likewise that of Mr. Wemple in Division- 
street. 



ALBANY STEAM PLANING, PLASTER MILL AND PLANE 
FACTORY. 

John Gibson, Proprietor. 
This is certainly the "mammoth" establishment of 
the kind in the U. S. It occupies a square of 200 
feet at the corner of Water and Spencer streets 
and the Dock. The proprietor has been for a long se- 
ries- of years, maturing his plans to bring these branches 



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of mechanical labor to the greatest possible extent of 
perfection, and the many inventions in the various de- 
partments of the " factory" show his ingenuity and 
skill as a mechanic. He has made it his pride and am- 
bition to excel in this branch of business, and it. is won- 
derful to see the facility with which work is dispatched 
at this place. The various planing machines for fitting, 
planing, and grooving floor plank are so arranged that 
all the surplus chips and shavings which fall from the 
machines, below are swept clean, as soon as they fall, 
by an apparatus which conveys them directly to the 
flues of the steam boilers, where they are consumed 
for fuel to supply three steam engines, for carrying the 
various machinery necessary for the purposes of the es- 
tablishment. 

This contrivance answers a two fold f^rpose besides 
dealing away the vast accumulation ck shavings from 
the machinery; if no other object was attained, this 
alone would repay the proprietor, but this fuel is used 
for heating the water to propel all the steam engines, 
one of thirty horse power, another of ten, and one of six. 

The principal building is of brick, and divided into 
five distinct departments, which are safely secured from 
danger from fire which might originate in any one de- 
partment, as there are iron doors which communicate 
with the different rooms. The engines supply not only 
themselves with water from the river, but all that is 
needed in the establishment. There is an inexhaust- 
able cistern which stands in the most elevated part of 
the establishment, for the various purposes needed, and 
also to extinguish fires by means of hose leading from 



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thfs reservoir to every part of the building. There is 
an immense quantity of plaster ground here for farmers 
use and large quantities are prepared for stucco work. 

We noticed large quantities of this article ready for 
market, and men engaged in the packing of it into casks 
and boxes, and stamping the various directions, to ship 
for different parts. 

The plane department was established by Mr. Gibson 
in 1816, being the oldest in the State, and the work done 
here will compare with any in this country or Europe. 

There is a livery stable connected with the "factory" 
for its special use, as there are some fifteen teams con- 
stantly employed. Every precaution is taken to prevent 
fires ; besides those we have already stated, there is a 
watch constantly employed nights to watch the buildings. 
In short the proprietor has brought every thing to a com- 
plete model of perfection. 

There is a saw mill which saws lumber to any shape 
required. Lathes for turning iro-n and wood, plank and 
board planing, sawing, &c. done at short notice. Plank, 
boards, lath, ground and boiled plaster ; and an ex- 
tensive assortment of carpenter's tools at wholesale and 
retail, 



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FOUNDRIES. 



RANSOM A^TD RATHBOWJE S STOVE FOUNDHT, 

The largest Foundry, exclusively for Stoves, in the 
U. S. 

We have extensive Foundries for stove and ma- 
chinery castings. Among them we notice the large 
Foundry exclusively for stoves and hollow ware, of 
Messrs. Ransom & Rathbone, office and store No. 9, 
and 11 Green-street. The engraving represents the 
Foundry at the lower end of Market-st. This is the 
largest Foundry exclusively for stoves in the United 
States. Besides this, there are numerous other found- 
ries for the same purpose, so that Albany takes the 
lead in the important article of stove castings of any 
place in the Union. 

The foundry is located at the lower end of Market- 
street on the dock, and has therefore paramount advan- 
tages over many other establishments, as vessels come 
directly to the dock in front of, and can load to the great- 
est advantage: 

The total amount of pig iron cast into stoves and hol- 
low ware in this city, exceeds 40,00 tons, exclusive of 
machinery castings. 



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The engraving represents the large establishment of 
Messrs. Jagger, Treadwell & Perry, between Hudson 
and Beaver-streets for machinery and stove castings. 

This establishment occupies an immense space be- 
tween Beaver and Hudson-streets. It is a continuation 
of Mr. Warner Daniels, Corning, Norton & Co. and 
Many and Ward's Foundry, so favorably known for 
a long period of years to most of our business men. 
Besides the large quantity ofcastingsmadeat this place, 
we notice the most powerful machinery castings. W T e 
were shown into the pattern room, which alone is a mu- 
seum of itself; here are patterns for any machinery 
that is required. These patterns have been collecting 
for forty years past. Their capacity for making large 
castings, are equal to any in this country. They have 
facilities for handling these immense castings, which 
evince much skill and ingenuity. 

There is a steam engine of fifteen horse power 
which propels several lathes and drilling machines for 
turning and drilling iron, and other machinery, grind- 
stones, &c. 

They manufacture high and low pressure steam en- 
gines, and plain cylinder boilers ; gearing and machine- 
ry of every description is dene at this foundry. 

They have connected with it a machine shop, and do 
all kinds of boring, screw-cutting, turning, and finish- 
ing to order. 

In one department we noticed the manufacture of 
every description of tin and copper stove furniture done 
in the greatest possible perfection. In short, the huge 
unshapely massive blocks of iron, and other metals, are 
here converted into stoves fit to grace the palace of the 



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queen of England. In the show rooms we observed 
some of the most elegant patterns of stoves for ihe par- 
lor or for cooking that we have ever before seen in the 
market, both in point of durability, elegance, or econo- 
my. These beautiful castings show the great perfection 
at which they have arrived in this indispensable house- 
hold article. 

In making these comments we have no desire to dis- 
parage the merits of other stove manufacturers in our 
city. Our principal design in giving this account is to 
show up this establishment as a criterion for strangers 
to judge of the excellence of our manufactures. 

They employ from 75 to 80 men and make 1000 tons 
of castings annually. 



TOWJVSENDS FURNACE AND MACHINE SHOP. 

Franklin Townsend 8f Co., Proprietors. 

This establishment, which is for the manufacture of 
steam engines, machinery, fyc. and is, with the except- 
ion of three in New- York, und the West Point Foundry, 
the largest one in the State, was erected by Messrs. I. 
& J. Townsend in the year 1807. At that time it was 
the only foundry north of the Highlands. Since then, it 
has been in successful operation, under the superinten- 
dence of Mr. Enoch McCammon, who is one of the most 
experienced founders of this country. Up to the year 
183S — the date of the dissolution of the firm of I. & J. 
Townsend, by the death of the senior partner, no change 
was made in the proprietorship of this furnace. The 
works are now carried on by the firm of Franklin Town- 
send & Co., one of the sons of the deceased having ta- 
ken the place of his father. 



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During the past year the buildings connected with it 
have been entirely renewed with brick and stone, and 
it now presents as complete and splendid, and with 
few exceptions as extensive an establishment of the 
kind as the country affords. The present capacity of 
the Foundry, which it is in contemplation still to 
enlarge, is sufficient to make a piece of casting weigh- 
ing fifteen tons ; and the Machine Shop presents such 
great facilities for moving, turning, and cutting the same, 
that finishing of the most difficult character can be read- 
ily accomplished and at comparatively small expense. 

The manufacture of railroad car wheels, a peculiar 
kind of casting which requires much art in perfecting, 
is an important branch of the operations of this foundry. 
Many of the railroads of this and other States, procure 
their wheels here ; and as a proof of their quality it on- 
ly need be stated that some of those which were placed 
upon the Utica and Schenectady railroad, at the time of 
its opening, which is now eight years since, have been 
in use continually and are not yet worn out. 

The casting of chilled rollers for rolling iron — which 
is by far the most difficult of all iron casting, and the 
prosecution of which, from the extreme difficulties en- 
countered, requiring great experience to overcome, 
has not been attempted in this country except within a 
few years past, is here conducted with much success. 
These chilled rollers are made of all sizes, from one cwt. 
to three tons. 

This establishment having been in successful opera- 
tion during so long a period has a very extensive assort- 
ment of patterns ; a list of which is published for the 
convenience of millwrights. 



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HUDSON RIVER FOUNDRY, STEAM ENGINE AND MA- 
CHINE SHOP. 

Thomas &? Low^ Proprietors. 

This foundry, like Messrs. Ransom & Rathbone's, is 
advantageously located on the dock between S. Lansing 
and Herkimer-streets, occupying nearly all the space 
between those streets from Market-street. We noticed 
some beautiful castings at this foundry-— particularly the 
Eagle Parlor Stove, surmounted by an Eagle, a new 
pattern intended exclusively for the parlor. They are a 
most splendid article, surpassing anything that we have 
seen in the stove line. They also manufacture railroad 
iron of every description. 

This foundry is well located for the accommodation 
of the public, as all vessels navigating the Hudson can 
come directly to the dock in front of the establishment* 
making it highly convenient for shippers. The work 
done here will bear a comparison with any in the city. 
The proprietors are practical mechanics, and are deter- 
mined not to be outdone by any establishment of the 
kind. 



ALBANY LINSEED OIL MANUFACTORY. 

Opposite the Mohawk arid Hudson railroad depot. 

Until recently, the supplies of Linseed Oil for city 
consumption, and for sale in mercantile transactions^ 
were derived almost entirely from New- York, the pro- 
cess for extracting the oil, being almost wholly unknown; 
About a year since an establishment was projected by 
Mr. Doughty, formerly a merchant of this city, and af- 
ter some months of trial and experiment, was put in 
successful operation. A disastrous fire occurring soon 



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alter destroyed the building and a great part of the ma- 
chinery. The whole establishment was however prompt- 
ly restored, and in the course of the past summer, the 
manufacturing of oil was resumed by the present owner 
Mr. Wm. Deyermand. The moving power is a fine 
horizontal steam engine constructed by Messrs. Chollar 
& Jones, of Albany co. Brammah's plan of hydraulic 
pressure, is employed in extracting the oil, by this a 
ram of ten inches diameter is capable of giving a pres- 
sure equal to a weight of five hundred tons. About se- 
venty-five bushels of flaxseed are consumed daily, the 
greater part of which, is the production of the adjoin- 
ing counties. Of the products, the oil is mostly con- 
sumed in the city and its vicinity. The oil cake is sold 
for shipment to England, where the article is highly es- 
teemed as being one of the best, varieties of fodder, our 
own agriculturists not yet appreciating its excellent 
quality. 



DANIEL, TRUE, DIE SINKER AND ENGRAVER. 

Store, 91 Broadway. 
Manufactures and engraves silver and brass door 
plates, corporate, notarial, letter, masonic and odd fel- 
low's seals, steel name stamps and figures for manufac- 
turers and mechanic's use, for marking their work and 
tools. Also, makes to order, Book Binder's dies and al- 
phabets [single letters,] copper brands, Post-office 
stamps, stincel plates, house numbers, &c. &c. 

R. c. russell's dye wood and drug mill, 
Store 72 State st. 
Is located about two miles from the city, on the Nor- 
mans Kill in the town of Bethlehem. He has facilities 



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for grinding dye woods and drugs to any extent, and can 
supply orders of any amount required, on the shortest 
notice, of ground dye woods, medicines, chemicals, 
drugs, &c. at the lowest New-York prices. Merchants, 
Physicians, Druggists, and others wishing any articles 
in the above line are requested to call and see if it is 
not for their interest to purchase at his establishment in 
preference to going to New- York. 

WATER POWER. 

We wish to call the attention of manufacturers and 
capitalists to the excellent hydraulic privileges on this 
stream. Here is a grand chance for enterprising men to 
establish manufactories of any description. 

CAP, MUFFy GLOVE AND ROBE MANUFACTORY. 

Williams, Parke if Co., Proprietors, Store 71 Broad- 
way. 
To ladies and gentlemen wanting a splendid article 
in the glove line, we would recommend them to this 
store, where they will find them got up in a style, which 
for elegance and comfort, we know cannot be excelled, 
as there has never been anything of the kind introduced 
into this market. They are both weather and water 
proof and most admii'ably adapted to this climate. Those 
who study their comfort or appearance, either ladies cr 
gentlemen, we are sure will not neglect to provide 
themselves with a pair of these rich gloves. They com- 
bine both elegance and comfort, and would grace the 
hand of a Victoria or an Albert ; being made of the most 
costly material as well as of the more common fabrics. 
The muffs and Tippets at this establishment are su •- 
passingly rich and beautiful, and are the very " gold of 
Ophir" in the fur line, as are also their rich caps. 



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TIVOLI FACTORY. 

Chapin 8f Root, Proprietors. 
This factory is located just north of the city line, on 
the Patroon's creek. The Mohawk & Hudson Railroad 
passes within two rods of this factory. It is exclusive- 
ly for the manufacture of satinett. One of the senior 
proprietors informs us that in starting the manufactory 
of satinett, it was the main object to establish their re- 
putation, by making a first rate article, and they have 
succeeded. It is now under the supervision of gentle- 
men, who will sustain the reputation of the establish- 
ment ; their sales in the southern market have exceed- 
ed their most sanguine expectations. This is mainly ow- 
ing to the discreet policy of the senior proprietor in 
sending a good article into market. They now manu- 
facture from 90 to 100,000 yards a year, and employ 45 
hands. They have water power sufficient to enlarge 
their business very extensively. 

patroon's creek. 

To the VALUABLE HYDRAULIC PRIVILEGES on this 

stream, we would call the special attention of manu- 
facturers and capitalists. It offers facilities not to be 



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found anywhere in this country, for erecting cotton fac- 
tories or machinery of any description. 

In no place can manufactories be carried on to greater 
advantage, situated as it is, immediately on the Mohawk 
and Hudson railroad, as well as in the immediate vicini- 
ty of water communication; with the cheapness of living, 
which constitutes an important item in manufacturing 
operations, and the fine healthy location, its equal can- 
not be found in the United States. 

There has been erected this year, a large flouring 
mill, capable of making 15,000 barrels of flour annually. 
There has been for many years, a large plaster and grist 
mill, which is doing an extensive business. There are 
about 800 tons of plaster ground here for farmers use, 
besides grinding large qualities of feed and coarse grain 
for the use of the city. 

There is also a mill for grinding coffee and spi- 
ces very extensively. Also a patent bed -stead manufac- 
tory, where large quantities of that article are made for 
the southern maiket, as well as supplying the wants of 
the citv. 



BRICK MAKING IN ALBANY. 

There -axe fourteen millions of brick manufactured in 
this city annually. This immense quantity finds a ready 
market here. This is an interesting fact, and gives a 
strong evidence of the improvement and growth of Al- 
bany, 



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COACH LACE MANUFACTURE. 

ALBANY COACH LACE AND SILVER PLATING MANU- 
FACTORY, 
And Depository for every description of Coach and 

Harness Trimmings, Saddlery -Hardware, fyc. 

Nathaniel wright, Proprietor, 

No. 15 Market-street, corner of Beaver. 

This extensive manufactory was established in this 
city by its present proprietor. By long experience Mr. 
Wright has brought these branches of manufacture to 
that degree of perfection that he is able to compete with 
any in the United States. 

Everything required in the coach trimming line will 
be found at this establishment, from the more ordinary 
to the most costly fabric. Coach lamps of the most ex- 
tra finish, and the superior coach lace cannot be excelled. 
In addition to his own manufacture, Mr. Wright imports 
large quanties of goods from Europe, that are not made 
in this country, so as to make his assortment complete 
in every article required for coach trimmings. 

There is one branch of manufacture carried on here 
to which we wish to call the attention of the building 
public, and that is a new style of window sash, made of 
iron and fastened by silver plate on the outside, round- 
ed and finished in great beauty. This new invention 
will no doubt supersede wood sashes entirely, as they are 
decidedly superior, both in point ot elegance and dura- 
bility, to anything we have ever seen in the sash line. 

These sashes may be seen in Mr. Tcwnsend's new 
building in Market-st. 



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establishment of Mr. A. Pierce 
ner of Market. Mr. Pierce manu- 
ticle of coach lace, ancr is able to 
;her establishment. Mr. P. is also 
manufacture of silk and worsted trim- 
mings. 

Mr. P. is a practical mechanic, and manufactures 
his work in the first style. 



COACH AND SLEIGH MANUFACTORY. 

In addition to those noticed under the head of "coach 
manufactories," we had almost liked to have forgotten 
that of Mr. J. D. W. Wemple in Division-street. This 
establishment, though not as extensive as that of Mr. 
Goold's, yet will compare with any that we have seen, 
and indeed the one horse sleigh, an entire new model, 
got up by Mr. W. exceeds anything we have seen. We 
were shown one made for Mr. Watts Sherman of this 
city, that is most tastefully got up, with a seat for a ser- 
vant in the rear, that sets off the sleigh to great advan- 
tage. Unless we had seen another subsequent to this 
that Mr Wemple is finishing, to exhibit at the Ameri- 
can Institute in New- York, we should certainly have 
yielded the palm to this sleigh, built for Mr. Sherman, 
but having seen this superb piece of workmanship, we 
were astonished with an agreeable amazement, that there 
existed in our city, a gentleman, a practical mechanic 
himself, that had the consummate enterprise and taste of 
Mr. Wemple, and we could not in justice allow our 
work to go to press, until we had given him at least a 
passing notice. 

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Mr. Wemple has already taken the premium at the 
American Institute, five several times, if we mistake 
not, for the best sleighs, and we have not the most dis- 
tant doubt, but he will also take the premium at the 
October meeting of the Institute in New-York. 

We should like to present our readers with something 
like a faint description of this beautiful sleigh. It is 
got up in a style of splendor, unparalleled in the history 
of sleigh building, and the beautiful finish put on it al- 
most dazzles ones eyes to look at. 

Mr. Wemple's coaches" will compare with any that 
we have seen, indeed everything built at this establish- 
ment, is constructed in the most elegant and durable 
and finished manner. We most cordially recommend 
this manufactory to the attention of the public, and hope 
that the proprietor may meet with a patronage commen- 
surate with his enterprise and skill as a mechanic. We 
do not make these remarks by way of eulogy, for Mr. 
Wemple needs nothing of the kind, as he is scarcely 
able to fill his orders, which is a striking proof of the 
superiority of his workmanship. Our only design is to 
award merit where merit is due. 



ALBANY PIANO FORTE MANUFACTORY. 

The most extensive manufactory of this kind, in this 
city, is that of Messrs. Boardman & Gray. For beauty 
of finish, superiority of tone, and the other good quali- 
ties incident to that instrument, the Albany Piano's have 
taken the palm. Messrs. Boardman & Gray are able to 
compete with even the far famed Boston manufacturers 
(so universally celebrated for their superior excellence 
in this branch of manufacture.) No better evidence is 



wanting than the fact of the numerous orders they re- 
ceive, even from the city of Boston. To those who are 
familiar with the extraordinary prejudice of the Bostq- 
rtfana in favor of Piano Fortes of their own make, this 
fact will be decisive of the superior merits of the Alba- 
ny manufactory. 

They have lately introduced the metallic frames, a 
most decided improvement over the wooden ones, being 
one entire piece of metal. The entire strength of the 
instrument is here ; consequently there is no yieldine:, 
and of course the instrument requires scarcely any tun- 
ing, and will last for ages to come ; being thus more val- 
uable, particularly in the country, where it is at times 
difficult to obtain a tuner, as they require tuning scarce- 
ly once a year. They employ about 20 hands. 

We also notice that of Mr. Burns in State-street, whose 
workmanship Will bear a comparison with any in the 
market. 



■ LEATHER MANUFACTURE. 

Although we have no tanneries here, still there is an 
immense capital employed in dressing or currying leath- 
er. 

The principal establishment of the kind is that of 
Mr. Jacob Hochstrasser,'in Hudson-street, between Mar- 
ket and Quay-street6. The leather is purchased in the 
rough from the different tanneries in the State and vi- 
cinity, and taken into the factory, where it undergoes the 
process of currying, as it is termed, for different purpo- 
ses, such as boots, shoes, saddle, harness and coach work 
mill straps, engine hose, caps, &c. 

Attached to his manufactory, Mr. H. hasanestablis 



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ment for the manufactory of Patent or Japan Leather, 
which is an article used on the finest coach and harness 
work. Mr. H. employs from 10 to 15 hands. 

The manufacture of Morocco, is carried on very ex- 
tensively by Messrs. Laney & Guest (see business card 
in this work.) The hides are converted from the pelt, 
through all the various processes of manufacture, into 
the most superior morrocco, that will bear a comparison 
with any in this country. 

The aggregate amount of trade in Leather, Hides and 
Skins in this city, exceeds $400,000. 



ALBANY PAPER HANGING MANUFACTORY. 

L. Steele 8r Son, 69 Market-street. 

This establishment is engaged in manufacturing Pa- 
per of the various descriptions in use, employing a 
number of hands, and from the many improvements late- 
ly introduced in the manufacture of the articles, are 
now making papers equal to the imported. Here also 
can be found at all times a variety of French paper of 
the latest importations. Public houses can be furnish- 
ed with new and suitable patterns for their parlors, hall 
and other rooms, and those wishing paper for private 
houses can be accommodated with any style they may 
desire. 

The senior partner, Mr. Lemuel Steele, has been long 
and favorably known as a paper hanging manufacturerer 
and deserves the countenance and support of the Albany 
public. Those wanting paper hangings, either at 
wholesale or retail, we are confident will find at this 
store the most elegant patterns, and in a style of finish 
that cannot be excelled; and on the most accommodat- 



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ing terms. Country merchants are requested to call at 
this extensive establishment and see if it is not for their 
interest to purchase here in preference to going to New 
York. (See business card in our advertising supplement.) 

ALBANY TYPE MANUFACTORY. 

O. JR. Van Benthuysen Sf Co. Proprietors, JYo. 76 
Bleecker-st. Albany. 
The senior proprietor, Mr. 0. R. Van Benthuysen, 
has long been engaged in perfecting the machinery for 
casting type, and he has succeeded in making many im- 
portant improvements. Judging from the specimens 
now before us, we think they will compare with any 
that we have seen. We are now using some that we 
consider a superior article. Mr. V. B. has by long stu- 
dy and practical experience, succeeded in effecting a 
most useful improvement in the manufacture of cast 
lype. He can now make them as durable as those 
made by hand, and lighter, so that the buyer gets more 
for the same number of pounds. Mr. V. B. is constantly 
engaged in designing and perfecting new improvements 
in this important branch of manufacture, and has di- 
rected the energies of his mind thereto for a long series 
of years. 



MR. DELAVANS NEW HOTEL 





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BUOA:D^W".A-ir. 




1 Rail-Road Depot. 

2 Rail-Road to Buffalo, the Springs and Canada. 
= Proposed bridge foot of Steuben-st. to connect 

the Eastern and Western Railroads. 



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HOTELS. 

Travellers who have visited our city have invaria- 
bly extolled our excellent hotels. They will bear 
\ comparison with any in this country or even on 
f ie eastern continent. Our landlords, who have the 
jupervision of them, are known far and wide. The 
public have universally appreciated their excellent ca- 
pacity to cater for them, and the traveller never left our 
^otels dissatisfied, as it is the ambition of our landlords 
to do all in their power to promote the comfort of their 
guests, and render their sojourn at their houses pleas- 
ant and agreeable. 

We give engravings of some of the principal hotels, 
with a separate description for the special accommoda- 
tion of the traveller, or man of business, who may visit 
the city. We make no distinctions in doing this, for 
there is no preference, they are all superlatively the 
very best. 

The engraving represents the new Mammoth Hotel 
erected by Mr. E. C. Delavan, on the site of (he Dela- 
van House. It is one of the most beautiful specimens 
of architecture in the city, if not in the Union. The 
plan is from a design of J. W Adams, who has estab- 
lished his reputation as an architect, and is destined to 
stand at the head of his profession. The building is an 
immense structure, being 140 feet on Broadway, 108 on 
teuben, and 120 on Montgomery street, and is five sto- 
ries high ; Samuel Strong, mason ; Messrs. Adams and 
Bell, carpenters ; J. R. Dickerman, stone cutter. It is 
n ornament and honor to the city, and reflects great 
edit cm- the worthy and enterprising owner, in using 



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his wealth to beautify and improve our city, and thus 
add to its growth and prosperity. The materials used in 
the construction, are free stone and brick, and every 
thing is of the most permanent kind. The house will 
accommodate comfortably 250 persons, and will be re- 
plete with every convenience for the comfort and accom- 
modation of the traveller, or permanent boarder, and 
will be second to none in this or any other country. 

Its immediate vicinity to the termination of the eas- 
tern and western railroads and steamboat landings, will 
preclude the necessity of any expense for hack hire or 
porterage to those who may patronise the house. 

Nathaniel Rogers of the Marlboro House, Boston, has 
taken the Hotel on a lease for ten years. Mr. Rogers has 
long been favorably known in New England, and it is 
his intention to have such assistance and keep the house 
in such a manner, as to secure the commendation of 
the public. It is a matter of course, that no intoxicat- 
ing liquors will be sold in this hotel. It is expected the 
Hotel will be opened on or before the first of May, 1845. 



MANSION HOUSE. 

F. Lathrop, Proprietor. 

This hotel is in Broadway, almost facing the Rail- 
road depots and Steamboat landings, and in theimmediate 
vicinity of the business part of the city, Banks, Post-of- 
fice, &c. 

The present proprietor fully sustains the long es- 
tablished reputation of this hotel, so favorably known lor 
a long period of years to the travelling public, as well 
as our own citizens. It has lately undergone a thorough 
repair, and is fitted up in a style of splendor that will 



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vie with any modern hotel in the Union. The superb 
finish — the taste and judgment displayed in the entire 
arrangement — the rich, magnificent and costly new 
furniture, splendid mirrors ar.d carpets — reflect the high- 
est credit on the worthy proprietor. 

The courtesy and affable manners of the superintend- 
ent and all the assistants, renders a sojourn at the 
{C Mansion" highly pleasant and agreeable. 

The rooms are large, spacious and airy. The table 
is supplied .with all the substantial as well as the 
choicest dainties the market affords — the sleeping apart- 
ments are large and well ventilated, supplied with ex- 
cellent beds, where the weary traveller may repose af- 
ter the fatigues of his journey — and indeed every thing 
connected with this Hotel shows most conclusively that 
the proprietor has had the most scrupulous regard to 
the comfort of his guests in fitting up the Mansion. 

The parlors will compare with any gentleman's par- 
lor in the city. We were struck with an agreeable sur- 
prise when we visited the ladies parlor, which has late- 
ly been furnished with entire new furniture of the most 
elegant and costly kind, adapted both to the comfort 
and convenience of the guests ; rich mahogany chairs, 
with spring seats and backs, made from a model 
furnished by Mr. Lathrop himself, (and what is bet- 
ter than all,) by our own mechanics. This is con- 
vincing proof that the worthy proprietor is identified 
with the interests of the Albanians, and deserves the 
countenance and support of our citizens. Nor are the 
Albany public wanting in their just appreciation of the 
well merited efforts of the worthy host of the Mansion, 
when we consider the large and increasing patronage 



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extended by our citizens to the establishment. One 
thing very desirable for the comfort and health of the 
guests, we must not forget to mention, and that is the 
admirable plan of warming all the rooms by means of 
heated air, which affords at all times a proper tempera- 
ture. In making these remarks we do not wish to do so 
by way of panegyric, 'as Mr. Lathrop requires nothing 
of the kind. Our only design is to direct the attention 
of the traveller to one of the best hotels in the Union. 



CITY HOTEL. 

C. Foster, Propn 





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This hotel is located in the immediate business part of 
the city. The accommodations are not exceeded by any 
in this country. It is within fifty yards of the railroad de- 
pots and steamboat, landings, and in the immediate vi- 
cinity of the Banks, &c. The proprietor, Mr. C. Foster, 
has been long and favorably known to the travelling pub- 
lie as well as our own citizens. The rooms are admira- 
bly adapted for all classes of travellers. They are well 
lighted and ventilated, and the furniture is of the most 



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excellent kind. The beds in the various sleeping de- 
partments are neat and clean. 

Mr. Foster having purchased the house some three 
years since, has spared no pains to fit it up in the 
most genteel style, and has endeavored in all its inter- 
nal arrangement to embrace every modern improve- 
ment designed to contribute to the comfort and pleasure 
of his guests ; a considerable part cf the house has been 
apportioned into parlors for the accommodation of fami- 
lies, with sleeping rooms and closets attached. The fur- 
niture and general arrangement of the various apart- 
men s, are inferior to no Hotel in this country. Mr. 
Foster has always in his employ the most experienced 
and competent assistants, and we are confident in all ca- 
ses, that those who honor him with their patronage will 
have no reason to leave his house dissatisfied. Thisho- 
tel is peculiarly adapted to the accommodation of fami- 
lies, the rooms being suited to their convenience. 

It extends from Broadway to Dean-street, and occu- 
pies four buildings in front. The dining room is the 
largest in the city. The parlors are fitted up in a style of 
splendor which cannot be surpassed, and evince indubi- 
table evidence of the capacity of the proprietor to dis- 
charge the duty of a landlord, and of his determination 
to omit nothing on his part to promote the comfort of his 
guests. One thing ought not to be forgotten in doing 
justice to this establishment, the rooms are very large, 
and well ventilated, as well as the sleeping apartments. 
The table is furnished with the best the market affords, 
with careful and attentive servants. 



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CONGRESS HALL. 

This hotel is beautifully located opposite the Capitol 
and Academy parks, the City Hall and new State 
Hall, the Capitol on the right and Academy on the left. 
It is und n- the supervision of Mr. William Landon, who 
has been long known to the traveller for his urbanity 
and gentlemanly deportment. 

This house is too well and favorably known to need any 
eulogium from us, travellers from every part of the world 
having borne testimony to its superior merits in years 
gone by. For the information of strangers, we would 
say something of the commodious, capacious, and ele- 
gant parlors and sleeping apartments, adapted to the 
wants of every description of travellers, from the large 
family down to the single individual. The parlors are 
fitted up in the most desirable style, furnished with the 
richest carpets and the choicest furniture, elegant mir- 
rors, and every thing that can conduce to the comfort of 
the guests. The table is supplied with all the substan- 
tial as well as the choicest delicacies. The superin- 
tendent and every one connected with the house are 
affable, prompt, and ready to attend to the commands of 
the guests. This hotel is decidedly second to none on 
the American continent. 

The location of this house renders it very pleasant for 
gentlemen of leisure, as they can have the advan- 
tage of the most agreeable and attractive promenades in 
the city, being directly fronting the Capitol and Acade- 
my Parks. The accommodations are ample for 150 per- 
sons, and no pains is spared to make it one of the best 
hotels in this or any other country. No better evidence 



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is wanted of the capacity of its landlord, and of the 
just appreciation in which he is held as a host, than the 
Unparalleled increase in the number of his guests, so 
much so that he has been compelled to make large ad- 
ditions to the establishment for their accommodation. 

This hotel is admirably located for the accommoda- 
tion of lawyers attending the courts, or members attend- 
ing the legislature. 

Carriages are always in readiness to convey travellers 
to and from the railroads and steamboats, free. 



EAGLE TAVERN. 

Henry P. Stevens, Proprietor. 

This Hotel established its reputation in years gone by 
under the management of the "veteran," the late Leve- 
ret Cruttenden, whose name as an accomplished host is 
familiar to almost every traveller and sojourner in Alba- 
ny- 

The present enterprising proprietor, is determined to 
sustain the well earned reputation of the establishment. 

With that view, to keep pace with the march of im- 
provement, the Hotel has undergone an entire renova- 
tion and complete new finish in the various departments, 
from the garret to the cellar, with new carpets, new fur- 
niture, and everything to correspond, so as to make the 
" Eagle" second to no Hotel in the Union. Connected 
with this house, is a very large park or garden of near 
a quarter of an acre, on each side of which are piazzas, 
one of which is intended exclusively for ladies, and the 
other for gentlemen. This park in summer, will pre- 
sent an agreeable scene, being tastefully laid out in 
beautiful flower plots, arbors, &c. 



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This Hotel is nearly facing Hamilton-street, the prin- 
cipal Steamboat Landing in the city, and at a convenient 
distance from the Railroad depots, Banks, Post-ofi.ee, <xc. 
— and though in the very centre of business, yet it Las 
all the advantages of those that are situated more 
remote. The internal arrangement of the house has 
undergone material alterations, many new rcc.ms have 
been added, and the whole fitted up in the most mo- 
dern and costly style, and the proprietor assures us that 
it is his settled determination to do all in his power to 
promote the "comfort of his guests" during their so- 
journ at the "Eagle." Travellers v. ill find the host cf 
the " Eagle" courteous, complaisant, and agreeable, al- 
ways in good humor, and fitted in every respect, to dis- 
charge the duty of a landlord. We ate confident thai 
no one will ever leave the house dissatisfied, as we have 
the assurance of the worthy host himself to sustain us 
in the assertion. 

The numerous sleeping apartments are large, spa- 
cious and airy, and will bear a comparison with any in 
the Union in point of pleasantness, ventilation, and fur- 
niture. Every department has been newly furnished 
with entire new and rich carpeting and elegant mirrcrs 

The attendants are affable and pleasant in their de- 
meanor, ever ready to discharge their duty with alac- 
rity, without "fee or reward, 5 ' and Mr. Stevens desires 
us to say that carriages will be always in readiness to 
convey travellers to and from the railroads and steam- 
boats. The larder of the Eagle is supplied with the 
very best the market affords— the culinary departments 
will be under the superintendence of experienced cooks 
who will prepare the various meats and dishes in the 



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modern style of cooking, by which the table will be sup- 
plied with the choicest viands, and " heaven and ocean 
are plundered of their sweets," to cater to the palates of 
the gue-its of the Eagle. 



EEMENTS AMERICAN" HOTEL, 

Is situated on the south side of State-st. about mid- 
way between the Capitol and the Post Office, Banks, 
and business parts of the city, and conveniently near 
the points of departure, such as the steamboat landing?, 
Eastern and Western Railroad Depots. 

This house, since it has passed into the hands of the 
present proprietor, Mr. C. N. Bement, a veteran host, 
well known to the public as a most worthy and efficient 
landlord, as well as a practical Agriculturist, has under- 
gone a thorough cleansing and repair from garret to cel- 
lar, and been put in complete order. It has been re- 
furnished throughout, presents one of the most cleanly 
and neat public houses in the city, is conducted in 
a manner that speaks for itself, and needs no eulogy. 
To say that it is kept by Mr. Bement, is a sufficient 
guaranty that his patrons will have no cause to com- 
plain of their choice of quarters. Are you fond of ag- 
riculture or stock — Mr. B. has a beautiful farm within 
four miles of the city, well stocked with choice cattle, 
sheep and swine, and he takes great pleasure in show- 
ing his farm and stock to his guests. 

This house is large, airy, and fronts on tw r o streets, has 
ninety-eight rooms, and is capable of accommodating 
over one hundred persons ; and the internal arrange- 
ments under the present efficient proprietor, combine 
every advantage of quiet, comfort and convenience. 



Visitors will find his table bountifully spread with viands 
that delight both the eye and palate, liquors pure in 
quality and mellowed by age, servants ready without 
impertinence, and prompt without bribery, and attend- 
ance in all that can be desired, and what is of great im- 
portance, his charges are reasonable. 

The literary man will be agreeably entertained at this 
hotel, as Mr. Bement has of late years directed his at- 
tention to literary pursuits, particularly on the subject 
of agriculture ; he is constantly issuing many interesting 
treatises on this most important topic, as well as con- 
tributing to most of the leading publications on this sub- 
ject. 

STANWIX HALL. 

Wheeler and Bromley, Proprietors. 

[As the site on which this edifice stands descended to its pre- 
sent owner, Judge P. Gansevoort, from his illustiious pi edecessor 
Gen Gansevoort, one of our revolutionary heroes, who so suc- 
cessfully defended Fort Stanwix, and as it refers to an important 
event in the revolutionary war, and at the request of many of 
our distinguished citizens, it was deemed proper to give it this 
name as a lasting monument of the bravery of this lamented pa- 
triot of the revolution. It was converted into a hotel last spring 
by its present proprietors.] 

This spacious Hotel, stands in the heart of the city, 
on the corner of Broadway and Maiden Lane, and ex- 
tends along Maiden Lane about 200 feet, to Dean-street, 
and forms the terminating point of the two great rail- 
roads, which connect with the great Lakes at Buffalo, 
and with the Atlantic Ocean at Boston. 

The buildings are four stories high, and the whole 
front, with an elevation of more than 09 feet, and a part 
of the front on Maiden Lane^are of Quincy Granite. 

The main building is surmounted with a hemispher 



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ical dome of 48 feet in diameter, supposed, in its form, 
to be among the most beautiful in the world. 

Underneath the dome, is a magnificent hall, 60 feet 
high, finished in the Grecian Ionic order, with splendid 
columns, supporting the entablature at the base of the 
dome, which is very heavy and ornamental. 

The proprietors have altered, remodelled, improved, 
and thoroughly refitted the whole building throughout, 
making about 100 rooms, many of them large and com- 
modious, and all of them elegant and airy. 

The proximity of this hotel to the several steamboat 
landings, and being directly fronting the new depot of 
the Mohawk and Hudson railroad, and the depot of the 
Boston road, the office ofwhich is kept in the building, 
renders it more convenient than any hotel in the city. 
The proprietors are determined to have the best assist- 
ants in their employ, who will be prompt to attend to 
the wants of their guests, and nothing will be want- 
ing on their part to effect that object. The differ- 
ent rooms and parlors, are furnished with entire new 
furniture, superbly elegant, and of the most costly kind. 

The table is supplied with the choicest viands the 
market affords; with wines "mellowed by age;" careful 
and attentive servants, are always in attendance, and the 
sleeping apartments are provided with the best of beds, 
fresh from the upholsterer. 

We hope the enterprising and worthy proprietors 
will meet with an earnest of the just appreciation of the 
good wishes of our citizens, and the travellingcommu- 
nity, and that they may receive encouragement he« 
yond their most sanguine wishes. 



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FRANKLIN" HOUSE. 

JYos. 136 fy 13S State-street. 
Edwin Beebe, Proprietor. 




This Hotel is eligibly located in the immediate vici- 
nity of the Capitol and public offices, and the business 
part of the city. The accommodations at this Hotel 
are ample for 100 persons, and the location, being near 
the head of State-street, renders it not only pleasant but 
highly convenient for those having business at the Capi- 
tol or public offices. The proprietor, Mr. Beebe, is 
well known as an attentive, careful and courteous host, 
and is well worthy the patronage of the public. Car- 
riages are always in readiness to convey passengers to 
and from the Rail-roads and Steamboats. 



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GLOBE HOTEL. 

Anson Hart, Proprietor. 




This House is conducted on strictly Temperance prin- 
ciples. 

It is eligibly located about midway between the banks, 
Post-otfice, Capitol and state offices, adjoining the State 
Agricultural Society and Geological rooms, opposite 
Saint Peter's church, and within a few minutes walk of 
the Railroad and Steamboat Landings, &c. 

It is an entire new Hotel and is furnished in the most 
tasty and modern manner. The parlors and lodging 
rooms are airy and convenient. A more desirable loca- 



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tion for Lawyers attending the courts or for members of 
the Legislature, cannot be found in the city. 

Gentlemen who prefer travelling with their own con- 
veyances will find the best of accommodations at this 
Hotel, there being excellent stables attached, with a 
large yard running through to Howard-street. 

Carriages ready to convey passengers to and from the 
house free of charge. 



Besides (he foregoing Hotels, there are the following : 
Columbian Hotel, 161 Market, by D. Leavenworth ; 
Carlton House, corner of State and Pearl, by J. H. Hud- 
dleston & Co. Western Hotel, on the Pier, foot of Ham- 
ilton-st. by J. W. Harcourt ; New England Tavern, 137 
Market, by A. Franks ; United States House, by D. 
Bonney, and several other minor houses. 

TO TRAVELLERS. 

Every succeeding year brings most convincing proof 
of the vast increase of travel through our city, conse- 
quently additional facilities are demanded for the accom- 
modation of this increase. To meet this we learn that 
two large Steamboats are now in progress of building in 
New-York, which are to be ready in the spring. One 
of them will be capable of carrying 1000 passengers, her 
length will be 340 feet with 40 feet beam. She is to 
have a 72 inch cylinder, and everything to correspond. 
The business on the Albany and Boston Railroad has 
exceeded the most sanguine wishes of our citizens. Two 
of the very largest hotels will also be opened soon, which 
are indispensably necessary to meet the wants of the 
travelling public. The improvements made in dispens- 



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ing with the inclined planes on the Mohawk and Hud- 
son road will very much facilitate business on that 
road. There will be a large and convenient depot, 
erected at its termination in Maiden Lane, which will be 
a great accommodation to the travelling public and our 
citizens, and an ornament to the city. 

Owing to the different changes in the arrivals and de- 
partures of the various railroads and steamboat lines, it 
is thought best not to insert the hour of departure in 
this work, as it may result in more harm than good, in 
consequence of the frequent changes. There will al- 
ways be found at the different hotels, handbills which 
will give information on this subject. 

RAILROADS MOHAWK AND HUDSON. 

Depot in Maiden Lane. 

The inclined planes at both ends of this road hav- 
ing been dispensed with, it renders it the most desira- 
ble route for western travellers, or those going to the 
springs. 

The new track passes through a highly picturesque 
valley up the Patroon's creek, and over the Tivoli 
Falls, presenting the most romantic scenery. Those 
of our citizens who have not passed over the new 
track should not neglect making a trip to Schenectady ; 
it will well repay them. 

There are now two entire tracks, the whole length 
of this road ; so that travellers will be in no jeopardy 
from a collision of cars. 

Those who study either their safety or expedition will 
take this route in preference to the circuitous route by 
Troy. 



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Passengers leave here in the morning and evening for 
Boston. The Mohawk & Hudson railroad, send three 
daily trains west, viz. morning and evening, and 1 in the 
afternoon. This road connects with the Great Western 
railroad to Buffalo and also the great eastern road to 
Boston, forming a direct connecting chain between the 
east and the vast west. 

Cars leave Albany morning and evening, for Sarato- 
ga Springs. 

DISTANCES FROM ALBANY TO BUFFALO AND INTER- 
MEDIATE PEACES VIA. RAIEBOAD. 



Sennet 169 

Auburn 173 

Cayuga Bridge 1S4 

Seneca-Fails 189 

Waterloo 192 

Gen-eva 199 

Oak's Corners 204 

East Vienna 207 

West Vienna 209 

Clifton Springs 211 

Manchester 213 

Short's Mills 216 

Chctpinsville 218 

Cananuaigua 221 

Farm ington 221) 

Fredonia 230 

Victor 232 

Fisher's 235 

R. R. Mills 237 

Cartersville 240 

Pittsford 242 

Monroe Springs 344 

Brighton 247 

Rochester " 260 

Churchville 263 

Bergen 267 

Byron 2^4 

Batavia 281 

Alexander 2S9 

Attjca 292 

Darien 293 

Mareellus 159 | Alden 305 

"Windfall 161 j Lancaster 313 

Skeneatelea 166 I Buffalo 328" 





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31 




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50 




53 




66 


Palatine Church 

St. Johns ville 


59 

62 


E. Canada creek 

Little Falls 

W. Canada creek- 


66 

! ." '. .' 78 
.... 79 


Frankfort Bridge 


.... 84 
.... 93 


Whitesboro 


.... 98 
101 




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115 




.... 120 




.... 123 




. . . 126 


Erie Canol 

Chittenango 


129 

133 

137 




.. . . 139 




147 


Geddes 


149 


Camillus 





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DISTANCES FROM ALBANY TO BOSTON, VIA. RAILROAD. 

Springfield, 102 

Wilbraham, 108 

Palmer, 117 



Schodack, 8 

Kinderhook, 16 

Chatham 16 

East do 23 

Canaan 33 

State Line , 38 

Richmond, . ... 41 

Shaker Village 44 

Pittsfield, 49 

Daiton 54 

Plinsdale, 57 

Washington 62 

N. Becket, 65 

Chester Fac 74 

Chester VilL, 81 

Westfield, 92 

West Springfield, 100 



Warren, 127 

S. Brookfield, 133 

Spencer, 138 

Charlton, 143 

Worcester, 156 

Grafton, 162 

Westboro, 168 

Southhoro, 172 

Hopkinton 176 

Framington 179 

Needham, 187 

Newton , 191 

Brighton 195 

Boston, 200 



PEOPLES LINE OF STEAMBOATS. 

Knickerbocker, Capt. St. John ; Rochester, Capt. 
Houghton ; South America, Capt. Truesdell ; North 
America, Capt. Cruttenden ; Columbia, Capt. Peck. 

This line can boast of the most splendid steam pack- 
ets on the river. Their boats surpass all others in el- 
egance, speed and comfort. The proprietors are deter- 
mined that nothing shall be left undone to promote the 
comfort or safety of the travelling public, and no accident 
of any consequence has ever happened to this line since 
its first establishment. The proprietors have now in 
their employ but the most trusty and accommodating. 
The commanders of the different boats have long and 
familiarly been known to the traveller, and are univer- 
sally esteemed for their gentlemanly demeanor and af- 
fable deportment. The steam packet Knickerbocker is 
decidedly the most elegant and commodious boat to be 
found in any part of the world. It will well repay any 
person to visit thi3 splendid boat, every thing is so sur- 
passingly rich and beautiful. We regret that our 



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limits will not admit of a more extended account of this 
Queen of the water. 

Passengers leave here in the morning and evening for 
New-York, during the season of navigation. 

Steamboats leave here for Troy, hourly, during the 
season of navigation. 

PRINCIPAL STAGE ROUTES FROM ALBANY. 

General Stage Office, JYo. 2 Broadway, under the 

Museum. 
*" Stages leave Albany, daily, Sundays excepted, at 8 
o'clock, A. M. for Pittstown, Buskirk's Bridge, Cam- 
bridge, Salem, Hebron, Granville, N. Y., Poultney, 
Castleton, Hubbardston, Sudbury, Whitney, Cornwall, 
Middlebury, Vergennes, Burlington, St. Albans, Vt, 
St. Johns and Montreal. 

Stages leave Albany for Rutland, Woodstock, Royal- 
ton, Chelsea, Montpelier, Vt., Hanover, and Haverhill, 
N. H. daily, except Sunday, at 8 o'clock A. M. 

Stages leave Albany, daily, except Sundays, at 6 A. 
M. for Hoosick, Bennington. Wilmington, Brattleboro, 
Vt, Keene, Nashua, Concord, N. H., Lowell and Bos- 
ton, Mass. 

Stages leave Albany, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri- 
days, at 6 A. M. for Arlington, Manchester, Chester, 
Bellows Falls, Vt., Charleston and Claremont, N. H. 

Stages leave Albany, daily, at 8 A. M.for Mechanics- 
ville, Fort Miller, Sandy Hill, Glenn's Falls, Fort Ann 
and Whitehall. 

Stages leave Albany, daily, except Sundays, at S A. 
M. for Duanesburgh, Esperance, Sharon Springs, Cher- 
ry Valley, Richfield Springs, Madison, Cazenovia, Sy- 



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racuse, Cooperstown, Sherburne and De Royter, Oneon- 
ta, Unadilla and Bingharnton. 

Stages leave Albany for Troy, every half hour in the 
day. 

Stages from Clinton Hotel. 

A stage leaves Albany, Tuesday, Thursday and Sa- 
turday, at 8 A. M. for Schoharie C. H. 

A stage leaves Albany, Tuesday, Thursday and Sa- 
turday, at S A. M. for Rennslaerville. 

A stage leaves the Carlton House, daily, except Sun% v 
day, at 8 A. M. for Brainard's Bridge, Lebanon Springs 1 
and Pittsfield, Mass. 



ALBANY POST OFFICE. 

James D. TVasson, Postmaster. 

The Albany Post Office, occupies large and conve- 
nient rooms on the first floor of the Exchange. It is 
admirably located for the accommodation of the citizens. 
The Post-office is open for the delivery of letters, from 
7 in the morning to 9 o'clock in the evening, every day 
except Sunday, when it is opened from 8 to 9 o'clock in 
the morning, and from 6 to 7 in the evening. 

The hour of arrival and departure varies in the win- 
ter on the New-York route. 

Citizens who have a quarterly account have boxes 
each, while strangers and other citizens receive their 
letters from the different penny posts, at 2 cents extra 
postage, or by calling at the Post-office, 



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VARIETY STORES. 




PEASE S LEVIATHAN VARIETY STORE. 

"""Wo. 50 Broadway. 

For richness and extensive variety of novelties, com- 
bining the Beautiful, the Useful and the Ornamental; 
this establishment excels any in town. Mr. P. has ma- 
ny fancy articles which are surpassingly rich; exceed- 



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ing anything in elegance, that we have ever thought,, 
dreamed or read of. All the powers of the Parisian ar- 
tist seem to have been brought into requisition to cater 
for the establishment. Ladies rich portable writing 
desks, gentlemen and ladies toilet cases, gentlemens' 
walking sicks with an umbrella folded inside, so as to 
answer for the purpose of a walking stick and umbrella, 
and every variety of walking canes. The ladies will 
find every thing pertaining to their toilets, with rich 
bead purses, work bags, &c. To the rich Berlin iron goods 
we w r ould cite their special notice. His perfumeries 
exceed any assortment in the city, having over 100 va- 
rieties of different extracts. The Odd Fellows willfind 
every variety of the different emblematic devices used 
at their lodges, with tassels, fringes, stars, bullions, &c. 
A rich assortment of French Jewelry and steel orna- 
ments. Gentlemen will find every variety of soaps, <fcc. 
for their toilets, such as dressing combs, brushes, tooth 
brushes, curling tongs, tweezers, &c. ; toilet mirrors in 
great variety. His assortment never has been so rich 
and desirable as at the present time, and the facilities he 
is able at all times to command, enable him to put them 
to his customers at much less than former prices, at 
wholesale and retail. 

Mr. Pease also executes Wood Engraving in a supe- 
rior style; specimens may be seen all over this city, as 
well as some in this work. 



101 



MAMMOTH VARIETY PRE, 

44 MARKET-STREET. 

This store was established by Mr. S. Van Schaack in 
1S23, since which time it has increased in extent until 
it has become one of the most extensive of its kind. 
Indeed it is doubtful if its equal can be found in this 
country. It is emphatically one of Ihe principal at- 
tractions of the city. It embraces three large sale rooms, 
and the assortment comprises almost every article in the 
Housekeeping and Fancy Goods Line. 

Wood, Willow, Iron and Tin ware, Brushes of all 
kinds, Perfumery of the choicest descriptions, Shaker 
Goods, Fancy Goods of every variety, Toys, and almost 
every thing in the way of novelties. The establishment 
under the management of Mr. V. S. has gained an en- 
viable reputation, which it is presumed will be fully 
sustained by its present proprietor, Mr. E. Van Schaack, 
w r ho succeeded to the business last spring. Great im- 
provements have been made this season in the building 
and arrangement of goods. Strangers passing through 
the city will be amply compensated, should they spend 
an hour or two at this establishment. Merchants from 
the country will find many articles here which they can- 
not obtain elsewhere. Mr. V. S. and his assistants pay 
every attention to visitors, whether they call to purchase 
or merely to gratify curiosity. 



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WILSON'S NURSERY. 



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This establishment, which is situated at the head cf 
Lydius-street, within three-quarters cf a mile of the 
City Hall, is the most extensive institution cf the kind 
in the vicinity of Albany. James Wilson is the pro- 
prietor, long and well known as the partner of the late 
Judge Buel, with whom he assisted to estohlish the Al- 
bany Nursery, under the firm of Euel & Wilson. 

Wilson's Nursey, as it is named, enjoys a most excel- 
lent reputation ; Mr. Wilson, being both a practical and 
scientific man, and being remarkably particular that the 
trees, shrubs and plants which he cultivates shall be of 
the best varieties, and also that they shall answer to the 
description or name by which they maybe called. 
This establishment therefore bears a reputation which 
is very widely spread, though it has been but a few 
years in existence. 

Connected with the nursery is a large green-house 
establishment, consisting cf three large green-houses, 
containing some thousands of exotxs, in which there 
are representatives of the vegetable kingdom from al- 
most every climate, and among them some of the most 
choice varieties. 



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The collections ot Roses at this establishment is per- 
haps unrivalled in this country , there being nearly 400 
varieties of this genus, to which the enterprising pro- 
prietor is constantly adding by importations of the most 
choice varieties which the Rose cultivators of England 
and France bring out each year. 

There are few establishments of the kind that have 
sprung more rapidly into existence than this, and which 
has earned a name as creditable alike to the proprietor 
as to the citv. 



ALBANY MUSEUM. 

We have one of the best Museums in the United 
States, under the management of an enterprising pro- 
prietor, Mr. Meech. There has been connected with 
the Museum vaudeville performances, so that visitors 
after viewing the extensive cabinet of curiosities con- 
tained in it, can enjoy a rich treat in the performances 
of some of the most accomplished actors in this coun- 
try, without any additional expense. Strangers should 
not neglect the wonderful entertainment they will de- 
rive from a visit to the Museum. The performances are 
in strict accordance with the rules of decorum, and so 
perfectly chaste as to not offend the most fastidious. 
It is beautifully and eligibly located at the corner of 
Broadway and State-streets, in the marble building 
fronting the Exchange. Admittance to the whole only 
twenty-five cents. 



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Trade and Commerce of Albany. 

JOHN HITCHCOCK, Harbor-Master. 
ALBERT GALLUP, U. S. Collector. 

We copy from the report of John Hitchcock, harbor 
master for the port of Albany, the total number of ves- 
sels employed in the Albany trade, with the number of 
steam packets for the year 1843. 

Steamboats 33 

Tow Boats 64 

Sloops , .417 

Schooners 210 

Scows .....1..... 8 

Total number of vessels 732 

Total amount of Tonnage 55,354 tons. 

By comparing the tonnage of last year with that of 
1838, six years before, we see an increase of more than 
one-third. This exhibits a favorable increase in the 
trade of our city for the last six years, and the harbor- 
master informs us that there will be more than a cor- 
responding increase this year. 

The total arrivals and departures of canal boats for 
the year 1843, was, 32,826 

The total number of canal boats on all the ca- 
nals of this state 2,216 

Of these there were packets. 40 

Leaving freight boats 2,176 

The total amount of tonnage of all the freight on all 

:he canals arriving at tide water in 1843, was 836,861 

tons. 



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Since the construction of the Boston railroad, a vast 
amount of property is diverted from shipment by vessels. 
We have been unable to get the exact amount of the 
number of tons annually sent over from Albany to Bos- 
ton. It is immense. The article of flour alone, sent 
over in 1843, was 12,384 tons, or 123,336 barrels. The 
amount this year will greatly exceed that of last year, 
as they have reduced the rates of toll. 

In consequence of the continuous line of railroads 
from Albany to Buffalo, there has been a great falling off 
in the passenger business on the canals as well as in 
the freight business. The immediate enlargement of 
the Erie canal seems not to be called for. It was cer- 
tainly an unwise policy in the legislature of our state 
to not only grant charters to railroads, but also enlarge 
their powers, while the Erie canal enlargement was 
pending. The railroad will no doubt take much of the 
business from the canals. If we compare the arrivals 
and departures on our canals the last year with that of 
many years preceding it, we will find the number of boats 
not to have increased. For instance, in 1835, the arri- 
vals and departures were 36,690 

Being an actual excess over last year of 3,864 

The falling offin the passenger business on the canals 
has induced the building of boats more expressly for 
carrying freights. It has had an effect correspondingly 
to lessen the number of boats necessary to carry the same 
number of tons. 

The lumber trade of Albany, exceeds any place in 
the United States. 

We have seen an Iron Canal Packet built expressly for 
«pe<»d by Mr. S. W. Harned. The shop at which the 



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above boat was built is located in Water-street. Iron 
Packets and freight boats will undoubtedly supersede 
wooden ones altogether. Combined with durability 
and lightness these boats possess many important ad- 
vantages over wooden ones, and form an important era 
in boat building. The time is not far distant when 
timber will become scarce in this country, and iron will 
have to take its place. There are rich and inexhausti- 
ble iron mines in northern New- York, which only re- 
quire capital to work them. This important material 
will soon be used in the construction of our buildings, 
as we notice an iron church has been built on the 
eastern continent. 



NEW-YORK STATE GEOLOGICAL COLLECTION - , 

In the old State House, Albany. 
The Geological Survey is one of the noblest monu- 
ments of the enlightened enterprise of the State of New- 
York. The intelligent mind, appreciating the value of 
that Survey, may well regret the spirit which blindly 
decries an enterprise of such inestimable value. The 
business-man and the politician, desirous of knowing 
the natural resources of the State, as well as the scien- 
tific mind, inquiring after the laws of "nature and of 
nature's God," will find in the result of this Survey ma- 
terials for long-continued and profitable examination; 
Although the collection of specimens is not yet fully 
arranged ; and although labels and catalogues and de- 
scriptions are yet required, especially for the uninitated 
in Geological lore ; there is much, very much, to excite 
attention among even superficial observers. The whole 
collection, as far as it is arranged, is open daily (Sun- 



108 

days excepted) for all visitors, free of charge. The main 
Geological Collection is in the upper hall of the old 
State House 5 and the mineralogical specimens, such as 
leadj iron, copper, &c. &c. are encased in the lower 
Hall occupied by the State Agricultural Society. It 
might be supposed that thousands in the vicinity of this 
valuable collection would seize the opportunity to im- 
prove themselves in geological knowledge, a sort of 
knowledge intensely interesting to all who are not dis- 
couraged at first by its apparent dryness. Certain it is 
that visitors from Europe, and from remote sections of 
America, esteem a visit to the geological collection as 
one of the first objects of interest, while remaining in 
Albany. 

We regret that the absence of Professors Emmons and 
Hall, precludes us from getting such an account of the 
Geological Survey and Collection as we should like to 
present to the reader. But as it is, we w T ill content our- 
selves with adding an injunction that all who desire 
further information shall "call and see for themselves." 
The Geology of the State of New- York, is unsurpassed 
in any other section of the Globe. 

NEW-YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

{Incorporated in 1832, charter amended in 1841.) 
This institution is now in a flourishing condition. Its 
head-quarters are in the old State House in State-st. 
Albany, where the Legislature lately assigned it a spa- 
cious hall. (The Geological Collection, resulting from 
the State Survey, is contained in the same edifice, and 
partly in the Agricultural Hall. The premises are 
open at all reasonable hours, and visitors may, free 01 
expense, examine the whole collection.) 



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RETROSPECT. 

CITY IMPROVEMENTS FOR 1844. 

The present appearance of Albany is the result of the indefati- 

.able and untiring enterprise and industry of the Albanians- 

Ve have watched the growth of our city, from a population of 

• 0,000, till it has doubled as the census would no doubt exceed 

ow 40,000. The Herculanean labor of demolishing our im- 
lense clay hills, during the last 20 years instead of impoverish- 
ig has actually enriched our city, besides affording employment 
o hundreds of poor laborers, and thus enabling them to procure 
. subsistence for themselves and families, as the work of " de- 
aolishing" " clay hills," is not suspended during the winter, but 
n the contrary, is prosecuted with renewed vigor. 
. Most of the lower part of our city was reclaimed from the bosom 

f the river, and much of the upper part was cut up with deep 
avines, which required the most consummate labor to fill up and 
jive it its present imposing and delightful appearance. For no ci- 
: y in the Union can boast of more pleasant and prospective build- 
ng sites than ours. These sites enable us to show our build- 
_ngs to good advantage, and our public buildings, with numer- 
ous private residences, display much taste, many of which are 
constructed in the most elegant and costly style. The improve- 
ments the present year are of the most substantial and perma- 
nent kind. Two of the very largest hotels have been erected, 
one by Mr. E. C. Delavan, and the other by Mr. Townsend. 
These buildings present the most beautiful specimens of archi- 
tecture, combined with durability, that are to be found in this 
or any other country. We are much indebted to the enterprise 
and public spirit of Mr. Delavan, to be enabled to present to our 
readers a description of the Mammoth Hotel, erected by him, ac- 
companied with an elegant engraving done by Mr. John Hall of 
our city. 

We also give, on page 111, an engraving of the large block of 
extensive stores erected by Messrs. Wilder & Bleecker, in Mai* 
den Lane. It is likewise through the liberal views of the above 
named gentlemen, that we are enabled to present our readers 
with an engraving of this block of stores. We regret to be ua- 



110 

able to procure either a description or an engraving of the large 
hotel, erected by Mr.Townsend,inMarket-st. The improvements 
in that street the past summer,have added much to its beauty and 
convenience. The beautiful side walks, Avhich have all been new- 
ly flagged with large stone, extending the entire width of the 
walk, through almost the whole business part of the street, is an 
"improvement" of the most substantial and durable kind. The 
stores in that street have also been improved by the substitut- 
ing for the narrow and inconvenient doors and windows, large 
and commodious ones, and Market-street presents a most beau- 
tiful appearance. We wish to direct the attention of gentlemen, 
practical mechanics, or others, wishing building lots in the 
most desirable and beautiful location in the city, to the large 
number of lots lately reclaimed, if we may so use the expression, 
by the indefatigable exertions of our respected citizen, Mr. De- 
lavan, at the head of Hudson-st. It was formerly a deep ravine, 
but through the enterprise of the above named gentleman, he 
has been able to add about ten acres to our city, which was be- 
fore an unprofitable waste, indented with a deep ravine, and 
ponds of water. It will be laid out in lots to suit all classes of 
our citizens, and afforded to them on the most advantageous 
terms. The beautiful location of these lots being just sufficient- 
ly elevated, not only to show the buildings to advantage, but 
likewise to render them healthful, airy and pleasant, make them 
the most desirable building lots in the city. 

But by far the most important enterprise of '44, and one which 
reflects the greatest credit on our citizens, is the choice, and 
dedication to God, and the repose of the dead, of 







THE ALBANY RURAL CEMETERY. 

The grounds consocratedfor that worthy object, are situated 
about four miles from the city, about a mile west of the Troy 



Ill 

road. The consecration took place on Monday, October the 7th 
All of our citizens joined in the solemnities, without distinction 
of sect or party ; and all were impressed with the admirable 
adaptation of the place so judiciously located by the committee 
appointed to select the grounds for the purpose to which it was 
sacredly and religiously devoted. This worthy enterprise will 
be memorable in the history of our ancient, but steadily advanc- 
ing metropolis. The exercises were appropriate, and the solemn 
dirge-like music — the heavy measured tread, and gay uniform of 
the military and firemen — the beautiful foliage which at this sea- 
son distinguishes the rural scenery— the romantic wildness of 
the place itself— and the large concourse assembled — all con- 
spired to give to the scene an impressive and sublime character. 




NEW BLOCK OF 

Stores and Extensive Warehouses, 

Immediately opposite the 

Mohawk and Hudson, and Boston Railroad Depots. 

[The engraving and sketch on the next page represents the new 
Methodist Church in Hudaon-st., the trustees of which deserve 
the greatest credit for the prompt and ready manner in which 
they have completed this beautiful and commodious edifice.] 



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FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 
Situated on Hudson and Plain-streets. 

This Church was incorporated in 1511, at which time the con- 
gregation erected a house of worship in Division-street, which 
they continued to occupy until the present year, when in conse- 
quence of inconvenience, in the arrangement of the building, it 
was disposed of, and the present beautiful and commodious edi- 
fice erected. There are now 4 Methodist Episcopal Churches in 
this city. The trustees of this church are : 

John T. Crew, Jacob Hochstrasser, Silas B. Howe, Becker 
Bicknell, John P. Romainc, Robert P. Wiles, Abraham Keyser, 
James Van Namee, Clement Warren. — Zebulon Phillips, Pastor. 

The edifice, of which the above is a representation, is situated 
between Hudson and Plain-streets, having an entrance from each. 
The principal front is on Hudson-st. It is built of brick, in a 
chaste, and simple, yet imposing style, is 90 feet long, and G6 
feet wide. The proportions and arrangement of the interior are 
in good taste, and of beautiful execution. — There are 122 pews, 
exclusive of th« galleries. 



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